The Troth | Mira Kaushik talks to The Tribune
Sarika Sharma from The Tribune in India interviews our Director and Executive Producer of The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha, about the show and its creation.
“One day, while thinking about this story, I imagined it reaching a filmmaker in Bombay and being turned into a film. That is when I realised that we, at the Akademi, could create an arthouse living silent film, conveying the narrative through the language of dance.”
sne Kaha Tha, Director and Executive Producer of The TROTH
Read: Mira Kaushik’s interview in the Tribune
The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha
Akademi’s The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha is a gripping wartime story of love and loss, told through powerful dance theatre. Inspired by a 1915 short story Usne Kaha Tha by Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, it tells the story of Sardar Lehna Singh’s sacrifice of keeping his secret promise to an unrequited love while mid-conflict in the horror of the trenches of Belgium. Directed by Gary Clarke, the show features a specially-commissioned music score by Shri Sriram, and a cast including Vidya Patel (BBC Young Dancer 2015 finalist).
2018 UK and International tour dates
The Troth is funded by Arts Council England; Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Armed Forces Covenant Fund; Cockayne Grants for the Arts through the London Community Foundation; PRS for Music Foundation; ICCR; and Air India. Partners include UK-India Year of Culture; British Council; The Space; Imperial War Museum; National Army Museum; The Nehru Centre, London; Watermans Arts Centre; and Teamwork Arts.