Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,June 1: In order to orient the younger generation, especially the artistically inclined, to the career possibilities in the field of broadcasting and other sectors of media, Voice Actors of Jammu, led by Prof Rita Jatinder, J C Bharti, Santosh Sangra and others, in a novel initiative presented three radio plays at the auditorium of Government College for Women, (GWC) Gandhi Nagar, here today.
Addressing the students, Prof Rita Jatinder, veteran radio and stage artiste and former Secretary J&K Cultural Academy, said that a new world of career options await talented voice actors in fields of radio and video programs, documentaries, advertisements, multimedia and news. She said in order to be a successful voice artist, it is important to have skillful control of voice in terms of clarity, correct diction, conveying emotions and modulation.
In a live demonstration of the art of voice acting, the three humorous Radio plays enacted today by well known actors of radio and stage, included Rita Jatinder’s satire in Hindustani-‘Dohhra Shatak’. Based on those people in society who have no special talent but want to be famous, the play was skillfully presented by Rita Jatinder, Santosh Sangra and Rajinder Narang.
The second radio comedy in Dogri was Rajneesh Kumar Gupta’s ‘Hirakh Puaada’. The plot revolved around the love affair of rural boy and a girl and the obstacles they face. The rustic humor through play of words and idiomatic sentences, was artistically presented by Lalita Tapasavi, Meera Tapasavi, Sonai Upadhayaye, Subhash Jamwal and Rajesh Raina.
The third play was ‘Kunju Chanchalo’ in Dogri. Written by acknowledged writer of satire and comedy, late Jatinder Sharma, the play was about two spinsters of senior years, whose chance meeting leads to rekindling of their unfulfilled love affair. A parody of the folk ballad of the same name, Jatinder Sharma’s ‘Kunju Chanchalo’, came out as a regaling presentation owing to the masterful enactment by J C Bharti, the octogenarian and the senior most radio and stage artist of the state, who was accompanied by equally talented senior artiste Santosh Sangra.
Prof Kiran Bakshi, Principal, GWC, Gandhi Nagar, thanked the Samooh Theatre and Gupta & Gupta Associates for organizing such an entertaining and educating program.