Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 7: Natrang’s highly acclaimed Dogri play ‘Mahabhoj’ will feature in National Awards Festival on Sunday, Feb 10 at Rabindra Bhawan, New Delhi.
This festival is being organized by National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.
Written by Mannu Bhandari, translated in Dogri by Prof. R.N Shastri, play ‘Mahabhoj’ is innovatively directed by Balwant Thakur.
The most noteworthy feature of this performance is featuring of Anil Tickoo in lead.
Tickoo has been conferred this year’s Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Theatre.
This presentation will also feature two Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardees Vikrant Sharma and Sumeet Sharma.
Acclaimed all-over for its unique style of presentation and innovation the play ‘Mahabhoj’ revolves around the agricultural labourers of ‘SAROHA’ who bear the brunt of the wrath of their landlord for raising voice against his atrocities.
In a gruesome act of arson, their settlements are torched and nine innocent lives are lost.
The play deals with both-the hawkish lust of human beings for power and tenacity of human race to stand up courageously against all odds.
Artists who are going to accompany Anil Tickoo for this play includes Suraj Singh, Suresh Kumar, Neeraj Kant, Subash Jamwal, Sumeet Sharma, Vikrant Sharma, Mohd Yaseen, Manoj Lalotra, Meenakshi Bhagat, Vrinda Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Sumit Raina, Rakesh Kona, Sushant Singh and Shivam Singh.
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