Ghimire Yuvraj is basically a painter. One of the directors of Shilpi Theater, he is active in playwriting, directing and staging. Ghimire Yuvraj, who has directed many dramas, has also published the dramas 'Andhiko Manoram Dushya' and 'Vimoksha'.
Recently, his new play 'Lost and Found' will be released on 20 Baisakh. He is also directing the same play. The regular staging of the play will be held at Shilpi Theater from 2nd May.
'My interest is always that the characters of urban life should appear in the play. Even in the play I wrote last time, there are things about the crisis brought by the relationships and relationships of people living in urban life,' says Ghimire .
An edited part of the conversation with the painter Ghimire for the regular column of E-Kantipur 'Paan Pasharan' is presented here .
Dramas that have had a major impact on your life?
Heinrich Ibsen's 'The Doll's House' influenced my life a lot. It tells the story by going deep into the perspective of women and the relationship between husband and wife. This is a drama that touched my heart . Ibsen's 'The Pillars of Society' is a very favorite play among the plays I have staged myself. Apart from that, the drama "Bathtub" done by him. Abhi Subedi's 'Torn Evenings', Ramesh Ranjan's play 'Sakhi' touched me very much. Because it has deeply influenced Nepali society and politics here.
What is your favorite foreign drama?
I really like William Shakespeare among the old plays. Anton Chekhov, Ibsen . Lately Norwegian playwright John Fosse likes . Now I like French playwright Florian Zeller . Three of his plays are very famous - 'The Father', 'The Mother' and 'The Son'. He is a powerful dramatist. A movie of "The Father" has also been made. Another play I really like is Edward LB . I really like two of his plays - 'Who Afraid of Virgina Woolf' and 'Three Tall Omen' .
What is your favorite Nepali drama ?
Among Nepali dramatists I like Vijay Malla, Balakrishna Sam . It is difficult to stage a drama of the same. Govinda Malla likes shepherd plays . Also, the living corpse is a psychologically very good play. The play 'Khuma' staged by Anup Baral is still in my memory. Anup Baral's play 'Thirty Days in September' was very touching . There are many dramas, which are staged by the Nepali youth.
What is your favorite drama that you have worked on?
Kumar Nagarkoti's ``A Political Sex'', ``Bathtub'' and ``Transit'' are my three favorite plays in the plays I staged. The last time I enjoyed working on it, I was able to show it to many audiences, and I also enjoyed working on the drama 'Hiunko Prithvi Yatra'. We showed the story of the river on stage. Its memory is very strongly embedded in my image .
If you had to recommend drama books to the new generation, which would you recommend?
Nepali dramas are less written in the last stage. As much as they are written, they are good . It is good to read plays written by Abhi Subedi . Kumar Nagarkoti's plays, Khagendra Lamichhane's plays and others are rarely written now, but it seems that all plays are read. But after the year 2000, many good plays have been written outside Nepal, especially in Europe. Those dramas teach us to understand the outside society . Commentary, style, craft of those dramas is also very strong.
