Natrang stages new Hindi Play ‘Tairaaq’

Excelsior Correspondent

A scene from the play ‘Tairaaq’.
A scene from the play ‘Tairaaq’.

JAMMU, Apr 19: Natrang in its Sunday Theatre series presented a new Hindi play ‘Tairaaq’. Originally written in Dogri by eminent Dogri literature Chhattarpal and translated in Hindi by the playwright himself, was efficiently directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play opens in the office of a works department where a junior engineer is shown struggling to find a big avenue of extra earning. His senior who also happens to be his relative while enquiring about his worries is revealed that need of extra buck is necessitated to maintain an illicit relation. Senior is also lured to maintain that status and both rope in a local politician to accomplish a common agenda. The senior conceptualizes the game plan. The politician is asked to generate a public demand for the construction of a swimming pool in the town on a public garden, public pressure is mounted and Govt sanctions the Swimming pool. Entire exercise of construction and inauguration happens only on papers and money is drawn and shared amongst three. Now with the fear of being exposed they plan yet another gimmick. Politician uses public, media, demanding the closure of swimming pool being a threat to the lives of young children. Here the Government, in public pressure sanctions the conversion of swimming pool again to a public garden. Garden remains the same the public exchequer is looted thrice in this nexus.
The actors who enlivened this hard hitting play included Sayed Muddassar as Bada Engineer, Mahikshit Singh as Chota Engineer, Sachin Bamba as Jan Pratinidhi and Shivam Singh as Chaprasi. The sound of the play was scored by Shekhar Sharma and the lights were done by Neeraj Kant. The presentation was done by Kritika Singh Bahu and the show was coordinated by Aarushi Thakur.