Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: The ongoing Natrang Theatre Festival being organised in connection with World Theatre Day celebrations culminated here today with the staging of Hindi play ‘Girgit’ directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play was based on a Russian short story by Anton Chekhov. The adaptation of the play was deeply rooted in the soil of Jammu.
Play ‘Girgit’ revolves around a Dog and corrupt Police Officer, who changes colours like a chameleon, every time as the situation changes.
The stage action starts when a Dog biting a pickpocket who approaches Police for help to roundup Dog’s owner but all in vain.
A passerby hints that the Dog belongs to the local Minister as he saw a similar Dog moving around his bungalow. On this the Police officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable Dog and claims that Dog of a Minister cannot bite unless and until forced to do so.
While he is beating the pickpocket, another man from the crowd observes that the local Minister cannot keep such Dog, as he is known to have pointer-hunting Dogs only.
On this, the Dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of the Dog to enable the pickpocket to claim compensation.
The beating of Dog continues until servant of the Minister appears on the scene. At first he refuses to recognize the Dog but later identifies him as Minister’s brother’s Dog who has visited from Delhi. Here the Dog is escorted back home with full official protocol.
Actors who performed in the play were Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Aadesh Dhar, Kananpreet Kaur, Sanket Bhagat, Kushal Bhat, Vansh Pandotra, Vishal Sharma, Priya Kashyup, Payal Khanna and Chaitanaya Shekhar. Lights of the play were operated by Neeraj Kant and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
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