Rebirth of A Director

"Remo" the play on tribal way of life has changed the course
of life of Jogendra Mahanty , its director. Long before the play could
win four prizes to its credit in the National Level Drama Festival
at Agra , it had began to cast its effect on bringing back the much
sought after stage director of the region from a long exile .

Jogendra ,popularly known as Munu among the art lovers of Koraput ,
had given direction in more than 30 stage plays before getting
hospitalized with a near to paralyzing condition . The struggle for
the next five years was too hard , he said . A director who had
controlled the movements of scores of artists on the stage , had to
obey the direction of family members like an actor himself while the
sour pills had shown the signs of his coming back to normalcy.

The call given by friends from Koraput Cultural Society to be the
director of their latest play Remo , had given the real boost ,
Krushna Chandra Nishanko , District Culture officer of Koraput said.
Jogendra was not finding himself in his fullest capabilities to speak
. He was stammering . But his friends had faith on him. He could
change the fate of the play and also to himself, he added .

The director had taken a rebirth . With each word he had to utter to
check the wrong progress of the play he spoke . To pull back the
artist from acting without spirit he was spirited to stand . He cried
and shouted making large noise in the rehearsal to bring unending
smiles in all the artists who were back with record breaking prizes .
He was adjudged as the best director in the festival