Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 30: Progressive Youth Society performed an Urdu play ‘Kargil’ at Abhinav Theatre here. The play has been written and directed by O P Shakir in association with Aditya Bhanu.
The play has been performed in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, Government of India under culture function and production grant scheme.
Dr Kamal Sharma, well known theatre and film actor/director was present on the occasion as a chief guest while K C Bhagat witnessed the show as a guest of honour and Anita Chandpuri presided over the function.
The story of the play Kargil is based on the life of Sudhir who wants to join the army to serve the nation like his father who has already died for his country.
As he grew up, his curiosity increased day by day and one day after a lot of hard work he finally joined Indian army.
As he goes ahead, he realizes that the things are not going in his favour. He sees things practically and finds a lot of disparities in this system where even the genuine grievances remain unheard.
The play beautifully depicts the scenario that there is a stress on these people. The basic difficulties like improper leave roaster, diet issues, monitoring system etc have been highlighted in the play to draw the attention of the concerned towards sufferings.
The artists who performed in this play were Anil Bhat as Sudhir, Surya Slathia as Shalini, Ashish Bhat as Pakistani Captain/Aadmi, Parveen Kumar as Signal man, Rajat as Vehshi, Ishu Sharma as Binny, Irfana Bano as Nurse 1, Suman Lata as Nurse 2, Dewankshi Sabikhi as Major Maa, Varun Sharma as Colonel, Sahil Singh Rajput as Major, Rishab Manhas as Sukhdev, Mukesh Choudhary as Khudabaksh, Dilshad Ahmed as Postman/ Sipahi, Raja Imtiaz as Pakistani soldier, Suraj Singh Padaria as Pakistani soldier, Kavita Massi as Colonel’s Wife, Shalliza Singh as Shalini’s mother, Prabal Sharma as Anil’s friend, Suraj Narayan as Murli, Anuroop Pathania as Altamash Khan, Ajay Waeuzari as Babuji, Azad as Neelam Singh, Mohit Sharma as George, Indu Mankotia as Doctor and Mohan Kumar as Pakistani soldier.
The lights were executed by Sushil Raina while music was handled by Shilakha Sharma. Make up was done by Ritu Manhas and costumes by Ashu Kotwal. Sets and Property were managed by Dilshad Ahmed and Varun Sharma.
Manoj Nishchint, president Progressive Youth Society, Ramnagar, presented vote of thanks to the audience.
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