Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: Recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2015 for his contribution to Indian theatre as director, Mushtaq Kak’s nationally and internationally acclaimed and appreciated Sufi Musical presentation ‘Ishq Malangi’ will be featured in majestic burlesque – Theatre Olympics – 2018 which is going to be held in 2018.
Theatre Olympics takes place after every four years since the year 1993. Theatre Olympics was established in Delphi, Greece in 1993 and since that year, Theatre Olympics has been held in Greece, South Korea, China, Poland, Japan, Russia and Turkey. The 8th edition of Theatre Olympics-2018 will be taken place in 15 cities of India. Over 50 international participants will be the part of Theatre Olympics-2018.
The staging of ‘Ishq Malangi’ in Theatre Olympics is being considered as grand triumph of States’ art and culture. The production is the dramatization of short story by Khalid Husain and Pritam Katoch’s stage version unfolds in a straightforward manner, establishing direct rapport with the audience. It is a play about self-abnegation of lovers for the quest of fulfillment of true love that transcends physical love between man and woman.
The play portrays the tale of true and unconditional love during the era of 1940s when Jammu City was a small town with a red light area called as Urdu Bazar having few houses which were known as Kothas and frequented by the affluent sections of society for their entertainment through music and dance. Ifra Kak and Surinder Manhas’s music gives the soul to the theme of play.
The play has been featured at numerous National and International Theatre Festivals and has won accolades all over. Mushtaq Kak’s work as a stage director is marked by precision in design and his plays unfold in a realistic style, avoiding superfluous elements to concentrate on the sense of the scene.
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