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Ottam: Born to Run

  • INR 499
  • Theatre
  • Performance

Curated by
Mahesh Dattani

The Old GMC Complex
The Theatre
14th December
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM, 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
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Ottam traces the life of Akai Amaran, a Paraiyar girl from rural Tamil Nadu, who battles caste and class barriers to become one of India’s leading track and field athletes as an 800 metres runner. Her arduously created world collapses when she is asked to undertake a gender test, which she fails.

The questions of gender and sex that govern our everyday existence become most apparent in the field of sport where the body is on display for anyone who wishes to dissect it. Akai’s existence, further highlighted by her victories, poses a challenge to socially established binary models supported and perpetuated by those governing international athletics, the media, internet trolls, and even her own extended family. 
 
A parallel sociological narrative urges us to look at sex and gender in a more nuanced way as the unstoppable Akai fights to win the race she started — the race that can only be won by the spirit of human progress. 

In Akai's words: 
'In any race, what’s of utmost importance is ... to go on running! Ottam!'

Duration: 120mins
Note: The end time is approximate and may vary slightly.

Language: Primarily in Hindi with few parts in English and Tamil
Age Limit: 15+

Cast and Credits: 
Tamaasha Theatre - Producer
Sapan Saran - Writer and Director

Aayush Thakur, Chetna Dhyani, Deepali Badekar, Dipika Pandey, Janhvi, Prabhakar, Prabhakar Mathapati, Shashank Pallav, Shweta Mishra, Sushama Deshpande, Vijay David - Cast
 
Aaryan Tandon - Assistant Director
Maithily Bhupatkar - Choreographer
Adalarasu, Satish Krishna - Music Composers
Jahnvi Shrimankar, Parvati Ramachandran - Vocals
Adalarasu, Raghuram Godavarthi - Tamil Lyrics
Hidayat Sami - Lights
Additional Composition - Sukant Goel
Kalyani Gugle - Costume Design
Meghna Roy Choudhury - Set Design
Hidayat Sami - Lights
Swar - Sound Design

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