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{{Infobox play<br />
| name = Hu Chandrakant Bakshi<br />
| image = Hu Chandrakant Bakshi poster.jpeg<br />
| caption = Official poster<br />
| writer = Shishir Ramavat<br />
| chorus = <br />
| characters = [[Chandrakant Bakshi]] (played by [[Pratik Gandhi]])<br />
| setting = <br />
| premiere = {{Start date|df=y|2013|6|15}}<br />
| place = [[Prithvi Theatre]], [[Mumbai]]<br />
| orig_lang = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| subject = Chandrakant Bakshi<br />
| genre = Biographical [[one-man play]]<br />
| web = https://iuproduction.com/hu-chandrakant-baxi<br />
}}<br />
'''''Hu Chandrakant Bakshi''''' (English: I, Chandrakant Bakshi) is a 2013 biographical [[one-man play]] about [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] writer [[Chandrakant Bakshi]], starring [[Pratik Gandhi]]. The play is written by Shishir Ramavat and directed by [[Manoj Shah]]. It was premiered on 15 June 2013 at [[Prithvi Theatre]], [[Mumbai]].<br />
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==Background==<br />
''Hu Chandrakant Bakshi'', written by Shishir Ramavat and directed by Manoj Shah, focus on Bakshi's life and his literary career. It was premiered on 15 June 2013 at [[Prithvi Theatre]], [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Ahmedabad Mirror 2017">{{cite news|title=Gandhi makes a comeback…|newspaper=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=29 January 2017|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/unwind/gandhi-makes-a-comeback/articleshow/56838710.cms|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="DeshGujarat 2013">{{cite web|title=A play featuring Chandrakant Bakshi's life opens on 15 June|website=DeshGujarat|date=12 June 2013|url=https://www.deshgujarat.com/2013/06/12/a-play-featuring-chandrakant-bakshis-life-opens-on-15-june/|access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Kumar 2013">{{cite news|last=Kumar|first=Rinky|title=Rebel with a cause|newspaper=Mid-Day|date=16 June 2013|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/rebel-with-a-cause/218350|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> The play was produced under Manoj Shah's theatre company Ideas Unliited.<ref name="Patel 2013">{{cite news|last=Patel|first=Sheetal|title=નાટક : ચંદ્રકાંત બક્ષી જ્યારે ગુજરાતી રંગભૂમિ પર અવતાર ધારણ કરે છે|newspaper=Gujarati Mid-day|date=15 June 2013|url=https://www.gujaratimidday.com/entertainment/articles/gujaratti-natak--chandrakant-baxi-42001|language=gu|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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The director has used a [[ladder]] throughout the play which play an instrumental role in the development of play's theme. The ladder has been used to show Bakshi's obsession to be on the top.<ref name="Seta 2013">{{cite web|last=Seta|first=Keyur|title=Review: Hu Chandrakant Bakshi – Meet the bold and rebellious author|website=My Theatre Cafe|date=1 October 2013|url=http://mytheatrecafe.com/reviews/hu-chandrakant-bakshi-gujarati-play-review-manoj-shah/|accessdate=30 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
In [[Utpal Bhayani]]'s assessment, ''Hu Chandrakant Bakshi'', based on the life of celebrated Gujarati writer, is a play that tries to dramatize Bakshi's life by using books and articles written by Bakshi himself. Manoj Shah's directorial sense is visible in the usage of a ladder on stage that the actor often uses to metaphorically convey Bakshi's higher and inflated sense of self. The Performance of Bakshi, carried out by Pratik Gandhi, shows his ability as an actor which he has proved in earlier plays. Here, he gets more room to play. On the downside, the play is merely a repetition of what Bakshi has already written and doesn't provide any novel perspective but rather remains a one-sided story. It lacks any dramatic element. The details of ''Kutti'', the controversial story that led Bakshi to court, are obviously elaborated upon but some more details about his other works would have provided a more wholesome picture. Repeated mention of the director, Manoj Shah, in the monologue as the figure that Bakshi would have mocked and attacked had he been alive, only acts as a distraction and should have been reduced to a great extent.<ref name="Bhayani2010">{{cite book|last=Bhayani|first=Utpal|author-link=Utpal Bhayani|title=Rangbhoomi 2013: Reviews of Dramas Performed on Stage in Different Languages and Other Articles on Theatre During 2013|year=2014|location=Mumbai|publisher=Image Publication Pvt. Ltd.|pages=36–38|isbn=((81-7997-599-2))|language=gu}}</ref><br />
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Keyur Seta of My Theatre Cafe compared the play with Shah's previous play ''[[Karl Marx in Kalbadevi]]'', and called Gandhi's performance a "stellar performance", However, he observed that at some points "the protagonist is seen going too far from the main topic of his narration".<ref name="Seta 2013"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2013 plays]]<br />
[[Category:Biographical plays about writers]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati-language plays]]<br />
[[Category:Plays for one performer]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indian men]]<br />
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