Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: Theatre group Natrang here today staged Hindi play ‘Uthal Puthal’ directed by Neeraj Kant and based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.
V.K Singh, Director General of Police-cum-Commandant General, Home Guards/Civil Defence/SDRF/Fire and Emergency Services was the chief guest.
The play revolves around a young girl ‘Malvika’, who lives as a paying-guest in the house of one Mrs. Maya. One day she returns from college to find her room in turmoil and her mistress rummaging through her things.
A maid tells Malvika that a very expensive brooch was lost and the ever suspicious and arrogant lady Mrs. Maya is searching and screening each and every one to find that.
‘Malvika’ is very disturbed that the land lady would look through her things, obviously assuming her a thief. Then, at dinner, Maya makes a comment about how she will not tolerate thieves in her house.
This pushes ‘Malvika’ and she decides to leave the place.
While she is packing, ‘Nikhil’, the master of the house and Maya’s husband, comes into her room and begs her to stay as he actually stole the brooch because he was short of money and his dominating wife has captured all the possessions with her and turned him to be a beggar in his own house. This disturbs Malvika even more and she stays with her decision to leave the home.
Artists who performed in the play were Chahat Katyal, Sameena Kousar, Aarti Devi, Meenakshi Bhagat and Sumit Raina.
Lights were operated by Brijesh Avtar Sharma whereas the sound was rendered by Shivam Sharma. Abhinav Sharma did the presentations and the show was coordinated by Mohd Yaseen.
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