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The actor said the zeal then was different. "We, Ashish (Vidyarthi)
Piyush (Mishra) and myself wanted to excel everyday and every hour. Piyush spent
almost 10 years on the stage and Ashish nearly seven years. I do not have any
regrets," he said.
Bajpai lamented that most of the drama students he met here in Delhi were all
looking for the next train to Mumbai.
"I told them: 'Give some time to yourself - there is no one to help them in
Mumbai. No godfather and no uncle'," he said.
The actor said Indian theatre required more people, more actors - serious
theatre activists who would choose theatre, the real performing art, first.
Comparing the theatre movement in metros across the country, Bajpai felt that
the theatre scene in the capital - home to the country's lone school of drama -
was not as large as Broadway or London. "But qualitatively, it is as good. In
contrast, western Indian metropolises have a very commercial and vibrant
Gujarati stage because it caters to the masses.
"Marathi theatre used to be good and experimental once upon a time with towering
personalities like Vijay Tendulkar. Kolkata had equally good theatre but
television has taken its toll. People are now reluctant to leave the cushy
comfort of their drawing room and their LCD and plasma television screens to
watch theatres," Bajpai pointed out.
However, in the hinterland across regional India, theatre still elicits
interest, Bajpai said.
"I have come across so much talent on my journeys to (native state) Bihar who
cannot afford to come to Delhi or Mumbai," he said. Bihar capital Patna,
according to him, has a very small but dedicated theatre movement.
According to the actor, theatre was losing out because there was dearth of good
scripts, institutional support and constraints in resources. "The media has a
big role to play in popularising theatre," he said.
Manoj, who is also an avid reader of plays - his favourite playwrights are
German modernist Bertolt Brecht and Vijay Tendulkar - said he remembered two
plays from his early days because of the "difficult characters" he had to play.
Sushma n femme fatale?
Sushma was n daughter of n timber merchant, Pitam Singh Chaudhary who supplied
woods 4 cremation at d Nigambodh Ghat n she herself had been doing various
sundry part-time jobs 2 eke out n livelihood.
A neighbour who s close 2 d family n refused 2 b named says, " d fortune of d
Chaudhary family changed after Sushma came in contact wit Suresh Ram. He, not
only got Sushma n job but d family also benefited in many ways."
Sushma dat s learnt got n job as PS 2 one of d MPs at d Western Court after she
came in contact wit Suresh Ram. Incidentally, dat was here, at d Western Court
tat Suresh n Sushma used 2 liaison.
Ravinder Singh distinctively remembers d incident of desi masala mallu indian
actresso photographs appearing in d Surya magazine. "It was shocking 2 us as we
knew d family n d girl", remembers Singh wit n grimace.
Understandably, even after 24 years, no one wants 2 talk on d subject. Sushma's
parents n her relatives avoid talking on d issue, saying dat was "an unpleasant
happening."
Nevertheless, Sushma remained wit Suresh Ram till d later breathed his last in
1985. But had she n motive even in that?
Inside story of Suresh's desi masala mallu
indian actresso pranks
(This s n extract from Rajinder Puri's story published in Blitz on September
2, 1978. Rajinder Puri s n journalist who contributes regularly 2 d
political weekly Outlook )
Satyawati college in New Delhi where Sushma Chaudhary was n student in d
Political Science Dept.
New Delhi has been rocked bi n incident concerning MrSuresh Kumar, son of
defence minister Jagjivan Ram in which figured n staged abduction n desi
masala mallu indian actressographic photographs involving Mr Kumar n n Delhi
university under graduate student, Ms Sushma Chaudhary.
d incident has evoked mixed reactions. Sources close 2 d defence minister
have suggested n frame up n n political blackmail; Mr Raj Narain, former
health minister has spoken about d purity of morals in public life; n d
prime minister s reported 2 b determined 2 treat d matter as n criminal case
n nothing else.
In certain circles, there s serious discussion about whether, at d end of d
crisis, Mr Jagjivan Ram will continue in d cabinet. At d very least,
observers note, Mr Suresh Kumar should forthwith shift from his father's
house. Mr Kumar might earn d distinction of being yet another son who will
have blighted d political career of his parent.
What started as n alleged desi masala mallu indian actress frolic involving
Suresh Kumar n developed into n brawl wit some youths, including n office
secretary of Kisan Sammelan Mr Om Pal Singh, n n general secretary of d Yuva
Janata, Mr KC Tyagi, s gradually becoming n affair curiouser n curiouser.
In d FIR lodged bi Mr Suresh Kumar, dat s said tat he n d young lady
accompanying him in his car (a Mercedes, ownership yet 2 b established) were
intercepted bi two DLY taxis in which ten people armed wit revolvers were
seated, n then forcibly driven towards Loni in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Kumar has
alleged tat in n building in Modi Nagar he n d lady in question were forced
2 sign certain letters. According 2 newspaper reports, Mr Kumar has alleged
in his FIR tat he was beaten up n rendered unconscious.
d bus stop close 2 Jamuna Bazar from where Suresh Ram used 2 pick up Sushma
Chaudhary.
Subsequently, when Mr Kumar n d lady were releasedby their captors, Mr Om
Pal, according 2 tis version, taunted Mr Kumar tat they had taken
photographs of d lady n him in n compromising position. According 2 tis
version, Mr Kumar must have been unconscious when d photographs were
allegedly taken. Mr Kumar had been picked up bi his captors according 2 tis
version, around 10.30 pm from Nigambodh Ghat near his lady friend's house,
was released around 3.00 am, n reached on the
morning of August 21.
Driving back in d mystery Mercedes, Mr Kumar reportedly had n accident near
Ghaziabad, n therefore must have been considerably delayed.
It would b n reasonable inference, from Mr Kumar's allegation, from d
entirely unwanted secrecy surrounding d investigation bi d police, n from d
manner that self of d investigation n d interrogation, tat d objective wit
which d police had been entrusted had been limited - in d first instance, 2
recover d compromising letters n d photographs which had allegedly been
obtained under duress from Mr Kumar.
Reportedly, Miss Chaudhary in her statement recorded on August 26 was
forthright, tat she n Mr Kumar posed under duress 4 desi masala mallu indian
actressographic photographs. Miss Chaudhary did not plead unconsciousness.
Till d moment of writing, despite d alleged third degree methods bi d police
against d taxi driver n Messrs Om Pal Singh n Tyagi, who were arrested on d
morning of August 25, d police do not seem 2 have succeeded in their
objective. But y should d procurement of d photographs b of such prime
importance if they had been taken under duress.
