Cast Off All Shame

Details

Ticket Price:	₹ 300
Genre:	Drama
Duration:	80 mins
Age:	16 years and above
Director:	Ulka Mayur
Cast:	Ulka Mayur

Cast Off All Shame begins with the spirit of medieval bhakti poet Janabai taking over a radio show and playing an agony aunt to today’s women, who have issues ranging from domestic abuse to buy sanitary pads, who get slut-shamed and body shamed. It is in response to the woes of these women that Janabai speaks about the liberalizing Bhakti movement, recounting poetry of women mystic poets such as Karaikal Ammaiyar, Soyarabai, Avvaiyyar, Akka Mahadevi and Lal Ded. While the spirited Janabai (and Janabai as spirit) advocates right to the body and right to choose for women, she is not some angry feminist – she is the one who has seen it all and eyes everyday issues with empathy.

Punctuated with soulful poetry and stories, Cast Off All Shame brings together marginal women Bhakti poets and mainstream viral comments as well as balances the entertaining and the literary.  This is a solo performance piece.