BACKGROUND AUDIO TRACK

FROM PREMIER SHOWREEL

New Delly Belly!™

MEMORIES & PORTRAITS OF DELHI IN 2009

multiple video screens, 4 channel surround sound,

live original songs and country 'n eastern music

multiple media collaboration by Ashim Ghosh, Deepak Castelino, & Amitesh Grover  

produced by  Mahiema Anand, Zonsta Creation

premiered on the 10th September 2009,

at The Epicentre, Gurgaon, India

CLICK TO SEE A REPORT, PICTURES, VIDEO SHOWREEL & PRESS REVIEWS OF THE PREMIER

In October 1993, Delly Belly, an original visual music show of Country‘n Eastern music about contemporary life in Delhi, was staged as part of the 20 years of TAG (Theatre Action Group) Festival. Delly Belly was written, performed and produced by musician Deepak Castelino & photographer-musician Ashim Ghosh. There were 10 live musicians on stage other than Ashim & Deepak; including guitarist Gussy Rikh, percussionist Ashim Chakravarty and then emerging singer KK; the support of actors like Amar Talwar and audiovisual experts like Arul Harris, a long list of dancers and co-performers, and a whacky stage, designed by the students of the then newly opened NIFT. Delly Belly played to overflowing houses for two shows and was acclaimed to be one of the best things that happened in Delhi in ‘93… CLICK TO SEE DELLY BELLY BROCHURES FROM 1993

    Now 16 years later, Ashim Ghosh & Deepak Castelino are collaborating with theatre director & video artist Amitesh Grover, to rework and contemporarise what they did in 1993, and stage New Delly Belly!  The live musical performance with original songs and music, will celebrate the great things about living in our city, while drawing attention to the not-so-great ones. Multiple and innovative projections showing top quality video and photographs on different perspectives on Delhi, accompanied by a live 4 channel surround sound, will present for the first time be a powerful and sensual experience on memories and portraits of New Delhi in 2009. Humorous, poignant, celebratory, sad…

  New Delly Belly! premiered on the 10^th of September 2009, at the Epicentre, Gurgaon. The project is envisaged to be staged in various cultural institutions in NCR, in schools and colleges, and in various national and international art/theatre festivals in India and across the world. New Delly Belly! is being produced by film director/producer Mahiema Anand of Zonsta Creation.

Power!

(C)Deepak Castelino

...about the ongoing electricity crisis in New Delhi

(C)Ashim Ghosh/Deepak Castelino

...about "Tinku" who used to sell Chewing Gum at Patel Chest! An insight from our days in Delhi University in the 80s. U-Specials, bus passes, Patel Chest...

(C)Deepak Castelino

...corporate life

(C)Ashim Ghosh

1993 ...elections in May

the games we play...