Showing posts with label annual drama festival of University Drama Club. Show all posts
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Sunday 8 April 2018

28th Ensemble 2K18: Mega Show of University Drama Club-AMU Aligarh: Through My Lense

28th Ensemble 2K18 the annual drama festival of University Drama Club AMU Aligarh was organized from 27th to 30th March 2018.This year the drama club managed for the first time the most awaited alumni meet of its former members.
Skit Social-e-Azam---Hira Heera as Jodha

Alumni of UDC Ali Mehtasham Raza,Syed Zaidi,Faisal Waris Khan,Ishrat Jameel,Afsar Ali Khan,Waseem Khan,Zameer Ahmad,Asad Ali,Imran Rasheed,Athar Avi,Dr Made-ur-Rahman ,Salim Shah(Film Safrosh,Fana fame) were honourd.
From Skit Social-e-Azam
Sponcers of this 28th Ensemble 2K18 were--- Style PartnerLakme Acedamy, Amar Ujala, Koye Locks, Aligarh Body Building and Fitness Asssociation, Divine Corporation, Food Partner Sagar Caters,Radio Partner Current FM 94.1.

Four day function started with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Khurram Zuberi Theatre Studio and Room of Folk Music and Fusion Music Clubs, and later a photography session with CEC Staff.

A Skit -A story from Maha bharat-Rishi Yadav as Arjun and directed by Imran Hashmi


The intoxicating evening was opened by colorful programme in Kennedy Auditorium by Prof. Dr Tariq Mansoor vice Chancellor.Cheif Guest of Inagural session was Mr Md.Furqan Mayor of our city Aligarh.


Dr.Vibha Sharma President of Drama Club welcomed the guests.Main attraction of that evening was a play “Sir Syed”.


Vote of Thanks by Mr ShahZaib Khan, organizing secretory. Next three days were magical days for drama and music lovers of Aligarh. Skits, Mono acts, Mimes, Plays and singing performances were held on stage of Kennedy Auditorium.
Skit Social-e-Azam a comedy Skit was v much liked by Audience. Ms.Heera Hira played thr role of Maharani Jodha. 

Forth and last day 30Th March was Valedicory and award ceremony day.
Secretary (2017-18)Mr.S.Jafar Hasnain,P.R head of this Ensemble 2K18,Mr Momin Ali,Talha Thakur,Shah Zaib Khan, Muqtada Ali Khan,Mateeb Imam,Imran Hashmi, Ali Raza Alig (Zinda Dil),Kajal Gupta were there.Mr Atif Ali Khan was official photographer of the event. 
Zehra Naqvi

One of the main attractions of this function was release of official Anthem of Ensemble 2018, prepared by AMU Students Mr Haider Saifulla.He is a wonder boy of melodious singing voice. He entertained audience by singing a song from Film Shor.

“Ek pyar kaa naghma hai maujon ki ravani hai
zindagi aur kuch bhi nahi teri meri kahani hai”



Ali Raza presented song with guitar in hand
“Once upon a time

a girl with moonlight in her eyes

Put her hand in mine

and said she loved me so
but that was once upon a time
Very long ago…
Nashra Ahmad presented this song in his velvet voice the song of film Masoom.
“Tujhse naaraaz 
nahiin zindagi

hairaan hoon main

tere masoom sawalon se 

pareshan hoon main”.

Miming involves acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech.Mime is vey difficult to play.Members of UDC presented Mime too.

Since Gandhi directed by Faisal Nizami,Evolution directed by Amit Kumar,Sainik dierected by Furqan Ahmad,The Plight of a river directed by Moazzam Ahmad and Humanity directed by Aquib Khan were played.
Play unt was declared best play,second was Kathghade.Rishi Kumar was awarded best male actor for play Arjun based on a story of Mahabharat ,directed by Mr Imran Hashmi.Zehra naqvi was best actress in female category.
Razia khanam was declared best director for drama Unt,and the Maximum and biggest trophy of event was awarded to Razia Khanam.
Audience--Kennedy Auditorium


Faisal nizami and Sujani were awarded for The Best Co-Actor in male and female category.Rebel Troop was awarded for overall best performance.The Maximum and biggest trophy of event was awarded to Razia Khanam.

Prof.Dr F S Sheerani. Coordinator of CEC was honoured as Shahenshah of CEC.AMU.Aligarh.



University Drama Club (UDC) was established in the year 1966 in the Kennedy House Coplex. Earlier the interested students and different cultural societies of halls of residence, had seldom staged different production in Strachey Hall and Maris Hall. 

Faisal Nizami getting trophy from  Film Actor Salim Shah
After the completion of Kennedy Auditorium, and creation of General Education Centre, a new era of theatre had started in these beautiful buildings of Kennedy House under the patronage of some of the stalwarts like, Prof Muneebur Rehman, Prof Sajda Zaidi, Prof Zahida Zaidi, Prof Zauqi, Prof Gurudas Bhattacharya, Prof Habib Rasool, Mr. Iftekhar Alam Khan, Prof M. A. Alvi to name a few.
Zehra Naqvi

The Aligarh Muslim University Cultural Education Center is among the University’s finest co-curricular & extracurricular platform, and a place of unlimited creative discoveries.


University Drama Club has produced some well known artists of stage, film and television.


Few among them are: Habeeb Tanvir, Qadir Ali Baig, Irfan Panjatan, Surekha Seekri, Rehman, Iftekhar, Begum Para, Nigar Sultana, Naseeruddin Shah, Dilip Tahil, Raees, Maqbool Mehmood , Zoya Zaidi, , Saleem Shah, , Anubhav Sinha F. S. Sherani,Roomana Israr, Seemi Hasan. Madiurrahman Khan Sherwani, Fazal Waris Khan, S. Mohtashim Reza, Arman Rasool Faridi, Ankit Malik, , Amit Kumar Singh.

Razia Khanam,

Mentor of Drama Club


Dr. Vibha Sharma (Associate Professor, Department of English) – Vibha Sharma is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University. Her areas of specialization and interest are Literary Theory, Modern Drama and Postcolonial Studies, Theatre Studies, Translation Studies and Cultural Studies.She is a Visiting Faculty to Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. She contributed to Asian Theater Encyclopedia published from the UK.
Dr.Vibha Sharma President of University Drama Club

President of Drama Club


Arman Rasool Faridi (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science). He has more than 15 years of teaching experience. He obtained MCA degree from AMU in 1996 and is President of India Gold Medal Awardee for his overall achievements.
He has been closely associated with the literary and cultural life of the university.He has also served as the secretary of the University Drama Club during his student days.
F.S.Sheerani--Mentor of CEC.AMU Aligarh

Secretary Drama Club (2017-18)
Mr. S. Jafar Hasnain
The End—Hope we will meet again in 2018.Insha Allah.
Written, posted and Photographed by Engr Maqbool Akram.