Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 30: Bhartiya Lok Sangeet Kala Sansthan (BLSKS) in collaboration with Sangam Tru Art Production and National College of Computer Education staged musical play ‘Doli’ under its Saturday Theatre series, at Durga Bhawan, Janipur, Jammu.
In the play, which was written, produced and directed by ML Dogra (chairman, BLSKS), two conservative families are bent upon getting their daughter and son married at tender age, ignoring the advice of intellectuals of the society.
The marriage turns into a disaster making the life of both bride and groom miserable. Even bride ends her life owing to pangs of pregnancy at childhood after delivery of a dead baby. The baby girl in womb of the mother cries “Don’t kill me. I will be your helping hand in old age”.
The song sung by the artists were “Hum sab ki Ladli beti”, “Dhiyan gi na marro”, “Mang rahi hai beti jag mai jine ka adhikar”, “Baiman lok kase diya mar re”, “Sun -sun saheli meri sun”, “Paruhn likhu yehi meri dhun” and ” Kya pier kahun apne mann ki”. The music was assisted Usha Handoo, MC Kotwal and Raju Bajgal.
The programme commenced with welcome song presented by the artists of BLSKS and students of the institute. The singers, musician, actors and students of music and computer institute who performed in the musical play were Usha Handoo, MC Kotwal, Rajni Gupta, Raju Bajgal, Kuldeep Raj, Sumeta Bhat, Dhruv Pandit, Chahat Chadha, Sunil Kumar, Deevam Jandiyal, Bhumika Chib, Sawan Koul, Azen Ali, Shiv Kumar, Uttam Singh, Ranjeet Shaw and many others.