Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 1: Under its weekly Sunday Theatre Series, Natrang presented a new Hindi play ‘Samman Ke Liye’ (For the Pride), written by Satyendra Shrivastava and directed by Neeraj Kant here at its Studio Theatre.
Set at the backdrop of a war scene, amidst firing, three women daring their lives appear on stage in search of the dead bodies of their husbands. They are shocked to know about the fate of the dead bodies as they are being disposed off without observing the last rites as per their respective religious beliefs. They confront with the authorities and demand to respect their religious sentiments, but the authorities have their own logics to explain. Interestingly among the three ladies one is a Hindu, one Muslim and one a Christian. An army officer who himself is badly injured, tries to pacify the agitated distressed ladies. With an attempt to convince them, he says that in a war situation the priority is to attend the injured and not the rightful disposal of the dead bodies.
The playwright takes the audiences to situation of war where no law is followed and no ritual is performed.
The praiseworthy part of the play was the creation of the war situation through the imaginative use of the light and sound effects.
Primarily dominated by the female cast, the actors successfully sustained the mood of the theme. The female leads, who prominently dominated the entire act included Ruquaya Khatoon Qazi, Surya Salathia, Vrinda Bakshi and Namrata Chib. Sayed Mudassar Ali ably played the role of injured Army officer and he was supported by Namit Dubey and Ravinder Manhas. The lights were designed and executed by Neeraj Kant and the music of the play was scored by Varun Sharma. Mahikshit Singh Langeh did the presentations and the show was coordinated by Mohd Yaseen.
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