zameen
by Satinder Chohan
April - June 2008
Manchester | UK Tour
In the cotton fields of Punjab, Baba, an ageing farmer, pins his hopes of prosperity on genetically modified seeds and Western pesticides. His feckless son, Dhani, full of frustrated ambition, dreams of going to America. His more dutiful daughter, Chandni, is torn between staying on the land she loves and facing poverty or following the man she adores to a more prosperous life abroad.
The final reckoning of Baba’s land draws out painful truths and forces the family to the brink of collapse in a fast-changing world rapidly losing its values.
Cast
Amarjit Bassan as Suraj
Ravin J Ganatra as Lal
Bhasker Patel as Baba
Goldy Notay as Chandni
Gurpreet Singh as Dhani
Production
Director — Janet Steel
Assistant Director — Natalie Ibu
Designer — Emma Wee
Lighting — Jenny Cane
Composer — Sayan Kent
Dramaturg — Penny Gold
Stage Manager — Alex Weller
Press — Suman Bhuchar
Gurpreet Singh as Dhani and Goldy Notay as Chandni | Photo by Robert Day
Bhasker Patel as Baba and Ravin J Ganatra as Lal | Photo by Robert Day
Goldy Notay as Chandni and Amarjit Bassan as Suraj | Photo by Robert Day
Ravin J Ganatra as Lal | Photo by Robert Day
Gurpreet Singh as Dhani | Photo by Robert Day
Gurpreet Singh as Dhani and Amarjit Bassan as Suraj | Photo by Robert Day
Goldy Notay as Chandni and Amarjit Bassan as Suraj | Photo by Robert Day
Bhasker Patel as Baba | Photo by Robert Day