NEWSPAPER REVIEWS- NEERAJ KABI [ACTOR]

NEERAJ KABI

ACTOR

[ NEWSPAPER REVIEWS ]

This is an actor to watch. Voice, movement, gesture were beautifully honed and he had the comic spirit and timing which made the consciously overdone mannerisms of his character entertaining, not tiresome. His presence infused some energies into the others.

(Marivaux’s “The game of love and chance” directed by French – Italian Rene Migliaccio)

[Kamala Ramchandani in Afternoon Dispatch And Courier, 25^th January 2001.]

At the centre was Neeraj Kabi as Sganarelle, his age and character defined by legs bent at the knees, neck cocked to one side, hands curved like claws and a mask of permanent anxiety.

(Moliere’s “Love is the best remedy” directed by Jean- Jaques Bellot from France)

[Shanta Gokhale in The Times of India.]

Four players in particular standout. One of them being Neeraj Kabi as Banquo as well as the English doctor. (Shakespeare’s Macbeth directed by Salim Ghouse)

[Ashok Banker in The Asian Age, 7^th October 1998.]

Neeraj Kabi as Hamlet was outstanding.

(Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead directed by Atul Kumar of The Company Theatre.)

[Harit Mehta in The Times of India, Ahmedabad.]

Neeraj Kabi as Banquo has a great voice and presence.

(Shakespeare’s Macbeth directed by Salim Ghouse)

[Shanta Gokhale in The Sunday Times of India, August 2^nd 1998]

Neeraj Kabi performing as the son takes the father to the river bed and performs the sword dance, a five minute scene of pure magic, before the old man collapses. Hauntingly shot and enacted.

(A.K. Bir’s “ The Last Vision”, a feature film produced by N.F.D.C that won the national award in 1998 and made it to the Singapore film festival, Cairo film festival and the Kerela international film festival.)

[Ajit Duara in Gentleman, 14^th July 1997, The Times of India, July 6^th 1997.]

Neeraj Kabi is a well known and well respected figure in the theatrical circles of Bombay. I came to know him well during the Alliance Francaise production of Moliere’s “Love is the best remedy”. The director of the play, M. Jean – Jacques Bellot, was impressed by the acting abilities of Neeraj Kabi and entrusted him with the lead role in this well known farce by Moliere.

[a recommendation by Pierre – Emmanuel Jacob (Director – Alliance Francaise De Bombay.)]