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Kua whakairohia e te tohunga toi maha-mātauranga o Kolkata, a Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, tētahi wāhi motuhake mōna i roto i tana haerenga 15 tau i roto i te ao toi me te ahurea. Ko ia tētahi o ngā wairua hihiri, ahakoa e mōhio ana ki ngā wero kei mua i a ia, i tangohia e ia tōna kanohi takatāpui, ā, i whakatau ki te 'puta mai i te rūma kakahu'.
E Sujoy, he maha ngā mahi toi e mahia ana e koe hei tohunga toi maha-mātauranga… He kaiwhakaaro koe, he whakaaro, he whakaatu hoki i ngā kaupapa ahurea rerekē; he kaikorero; he kaiwhakaari, e whakaatu ana i tō pūkenga i runga i te atamira me ngā kiriata pēnei i te kiriata Bengali rongonui. Perehahe. E kiia ana hoki ko koe te tāne tuatahi ki te pānui i te Mangaiwhai Monologues...
He kaituhi whakaari ahau. Nāku i tuhi te whakaari kotahi-wāhanga-haurua-whaiaro Kia hari te ra whanau ā, i tuhituhi i te tūranga o Rony Das, te toa o te kiriata. Kua pāngia ahau e te tukino me te peinga nā te mea he rerekē taku hōkakatanga ira tangata. Kia hari te ra whanau i mahi hei putanga mō taku manukanuka me te raruraru. I taea hoki e au te haere ki Toronto, Kanata. Kua whakaurua e au te hakari toi takitahi kotahi o Kolkata – ko ngā 'Monologues'.
Toi me te ahua me te puoro
He kaiako anō hoki koe e tuku ana i ngā mātauranga i roto i ngā momo marautanga, ā, kei te whakarite koe i tāu ake raina kakahu, Ātosh.
I mōhio tonu ahau kāore aku mahi toi e herea noa ki te atamira. Ātosh kei te mahi tahi me Rāanga, te waitohu ahua i raro i te kaiārahi o Chandreyee Ghosh rāua ko Aditi Roy. Kei te whiriwhiri ahau i ngā tarau dhoti me ngā tarau hue mō te raina.
Nō nā tata nei koe i whakarewa ai i te SPCKraft.
I whakarewahia i te 15 o Mei, ko SPCKraft te rōpū toi tuatahi i Kolkata. Ko tāku kaupapa matua tēnei, ā, e tino harikoa ana ahau mō tēnei kaupapa me ōna āheinga mutunga kore.
Kōrero mai mō tō haerenga ki Ihipa inā tata nei.
He hononga tauutuutu tōku ki a Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, ā, he wheako whakamiharo te whakaatu i ngā mahi toi tawhito a Tagore ki mua i te hunga mātau o Īhipa. I waimarie māua ko te tohunga puoro rongonui a Prabuddha Raha, me te kaiwhakatangi piana rongonui a Tākuta Soumitra Sengupta, ki te kawe i tā māua whakaaturanga 'Music Mind' ki te Whenua o ngā Parao. I karangatia māua e te Kāwanatanga o Īnia o Īhipa, ā, i tautokona hoki māua e te ICCR kia whai wāhi atu ki te Hakari Tagore 2018. I tū mātou ki Cairo i te 6 o Mei, ā, ki Alexandria i te 7 o Mei.
Ko tēhea ara toi e hiahia ana koe ki te tūhura inaianei?
Āe! He tini ngā tāngata, engari e hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi hei kaihanga kiriata i tētahi rā e tata mai nei.
Te putanga mai i te rūma kakahu
I pēhea koe i uru atu ai ki te whakaaro mō tō momo hōkakatanga ā-ira rerekē?
Ko tētahi o ngā wā tino uaua o tōku ao. Kua noho ahau i roto i ngā whanaungatanga ki ngā wāhine – ā-ira tangata, ā-pāngarau rānei – ā, i te tīmatanga he uaua ki ahau te mārama me te tukatuka i te mōhiotanga hou kua tīmata ahau ki te pai ki ngā tāne. He tamaiti kotahi ahau, engari e whakaaro ana ahau ki a Whaea Anuradha Sen e noho ana i Toronto, Kanata ināianei hei tuahine mōku. Nāna ahau i āwhina ki te tukatuka i ngā mea katoa i te tere haere.
I pēhea te tauhohenga a tō whaea, a Sucheta Chatterjee, i tō kōrerotanga atu ki a ia mō tō hōkakatanga ira tangata?
Ko tōku māmā te tino pūtake o tōku ngākau. Engari, kāore anō kia kōrerotia e au ki a ia. I te tīmatanga, kāore au i kōrero ki a ia nā te mea kāore au i hiahia kia ohorere ia. I whakaaro ahau ka ārahi mārire atu ahau i a ia ki te mahi pera. Kāore i taea e au, ā, inaianei kua tino mōhio ahau kei te mōhio ia. Kua pānui pea ia mō tēnei mea i roto i ngā pāpāho, kua rongo rānei i ngā kōrero a ētahi atu tāngata. Nō nā tata nei, i a au e kai tina ana, ka mea mai tōku māmā ki ahau, 'Haere ki te moe i tētahi tāne, engari me noho tahi tāua. Kāore au e hiahia kia noho mokemoke koe i muri i taku haerenga atu.' Ki tō whakaaro me kōrero tonu ahau ki a ia?
Pānui e pā ana: Me pēhea ia i whakaae ai he takatāpui tana tama ahakoa i noho tawhiti tana tāne
He whanaungatanga kei te heke mai?
He aha te āhua o tō whanaungatanga i tēnei wā?
He takakau ahau. I roto ahau i tētahi hononga nui e rua tau ki muri, engari kāore i tino pai te mutunga. Ehara i te mea ngāwari te kimi i te aroha pono, engari kāore au e hiahia ana ki te moepuku kore whakaaro. Kāore au i roto i ōku tau 20 me 30; kāore au e uru ki tētahi mea ka wero i ahau ki tōku ake whakaaro ki a au anō - kāore i ēnei rā.
Kua tae mai tētahi tono ki a koe mai i ngā 'tāne māori'?
Āe! Āe! Ka whakapā tika mai rātou ki ahau, ka waea mai rānei ki te whakamōhio mai kei roto rātou i te 'rohe whakamātautau' ā, e hiahia ana rātou ki te 'mahi tahi me te tāne'. Ahakoa e 'awhi ana ahau i ō rātou whakaaro' me te whakaute i te whanaungatanga maha, kāore au e 'whakaae' ki aua tono. Kāore au e whakaae kia waiho hei kiore whakamātautau mō te whakamātautau a tētahi atu.
He pono rānei kua tae mai tētahi tono marena ki a koe mai i tētahi kōtiro…?
(Ka menemene mārie.) I tuhituhi mai ia ki ahau me te kī mai kei te aroha ia ki ahau, ā, ahakoa e mōhio ana ia ki taku momo ira tangata rerekē, e hiahia ana ia ki te marena i ahau nā te mea ko te momo tangata tēnei. Ko te tikanga, me whakakahore e au tana tono.
He aha te mea e homai ana ki a koe te kaha ki te haere tonu?
He nui tonu te wāhanga o te taupori Īnia e uaua ana ki te whakaae ki ngā tāngata he rerekē te hōkakatanga ira tangata…
Engari kāore au e rapu ana i tā rātou whakaae. Ko tāku noa e pātai nei: He aha te uaua ki te 'awhi i ōku whakaaro'? He tika tā tātou katoa ki te whakatau i ngā kōwhiringa rerekē. Kāore pea e taea e tātou te whakaae ki ēnā, engari he aha e kore ai e taea e tātou te whakaute me te awhi noa i aua kōwhiringa?
Kei hea koe e whiwhi ai i te kaha ki te haere tonu?
Ko te mea nui, nā aku mahi, me ngā momo toi katoa e hono ana ahau. He rite taku mahi ki te hinu whakaora i ōku patunga. Ko tētahi atu pūtake ko te tāne, ko te wahine rānei e noho ana i roto i ahau. Ka pā mai ki ahau mēnā ka ngana ahau ki te tuku, ka mea, 'Ka taea e koe', kātahi ka mahia e au. Ka whiwhi hoki ahau i te kaha mai i aku ākonga, i aku hoa me aku akonga i runga i ngā pāpāho pāpori me ērā atu mea, e āhei ai ahau ki te ako mō ngā tirohanga hou - i roto i te toi me te ao.
He tino reo nui tō kōrero i runga i ngā pāpāho pāpori. Koinei tō huarahi ki te whakamōhio i te hapori?
Ka whakamahia e au te pāpāho pāpori hei waha kōrero mōku hei whakatairanga i taku momo mahi whakaohooho, ehara i te momo mahi tūru noa iho. Mā aku mahi toi me aku kōrero pāpori ka puta taku 'hīkoi rangimārie', ā, ki te mea ka whakatenatenahia te tangata e aua mea, he painga anō tēnā.
Kāore tō koha e kiia he kaupapa aroha takohaMā tēnei ka taea e Bonobology te kawe mai i ngā mōhiotanga hou me ngā mōhiotanga hou ki a koe i roto i tā mātou whainga ki te āwhina i te tangata katoa o te ao ki te ako me pēhea te mahi i tetahi mea.
He tino kaiwhaiwhai ahau. He pai ki te pānui i tēnei taha o ia! Ngā mihi…