Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Oct 20: The most outstanding presentation of Natrang Jammu ‘Mata Ki Kahani’ outshines in Navratra Festival-2023 Katra.
This international class mega theatrical show is conceived, devised, scripted, designed and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur. Organized by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and Directorate of Tourism Jammu, this show series today completed 10 shows which commenced on Monday on the eve of 2nd Navratra Festival, Katra.
Babila Rakwal, District Development Commissioner Reasi was the chief guest at the show today. The prominent amongst those who attended the show: included Amit Gupta, SSP, Reasi and Deepak Dubey, SDM, Katra.
While welcoming the audience, Natrang Director Balwant Thakur informed that since the year 2017, Natrang has been regularly presenting this internationally acclaimed theatre show in the Navratra festival. He further informed that Natrang will present this show every day at 4 pm and 6 pm at the Auditorium of Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra regularly till 23 rd of October, 2023. The entry to the show is free of charges.
The most significant part of this performance is the usage of traditional narratives of Mata Vaishno Devi which have been echoing in the hills since last over one thousand years. This mind-blowing presentation is an assimilation of music, dance, drama and the latest developed techniques of visual magnifications.
Seventy accomplished artists/performers/technicians/designers have mounted this presentation. Prominent amongst those included Neeraj Kant in Direction, Virji Sumbly in art direction, Rahul Singh, Brijesh Avtar Sharma and Mohd Yaseen in Costumes and properties, Chander Shekhar in Designing, Sunny Mujoo (Choreography) and Shivam Singh in light design.
The prominent participants of this mega production included Gopi Sharma, Chirag Anand, Sushant Singh Charak, Aadesh Dhar, Mahikshit Singh, Kushal Bhat, Vishal Sharma, Sanket Bhagat, Sumit Bandaral, Abhimanyu Choudhary, Abhinav Sharma, Chaitanya Shekhar, Ajay Lalotra, Anand Verma, Amit Rana, Sunny, Raghav Pandita, Vansh Pandotra, Rikshit Sharma, Arun Sharma, Palshin Dutta, Radhika Khajuria, Radhika Sharma, Meenakshi Bhagat, Shivam Singh, Kananpreet Kaur, Mehak Singh, Mehak Chib, Mehak Panzore, Ritika, Anmolpreet Kour, Jaspreet Kour, Shriya Razza, Madiha Sajad, Kashish Katoch, Tania Balgotra, Priya, Suneha Agural, Priyal Ashok Gupta, Prerna Sharma, Deepshikha Sharma, Himanshi Jain, Tarun Sharma, Munish and Uday Manhas.
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