Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 12: Natraj Natya Kunj’s (NNK) acclaimed Dogri play ‘Urubhangam, The Shattered Thigh’ has been invited in ’15th TFT Winter National Theatre Festival’, Chandigarh.
Originally written by Mahakavi Bhaas the play is adapted in Dogri by Kumar A. ‘Bharti’, Designed & Directed by Abhishek Bharti and Aaditya Bharti.
The play is inspired by the description of the last war in the great Indian epic Mahabharata wherein Duryodhan and Bheem Sen appear in battle field and Bheem Sen hits Duryodhana’s thighs with his Gada and crushes the thighbones.
Asvatthama suddenly appears in the mournful atmosphere of the battlefield and pledges that he will begin war in the night, causing all the Pandavas to burn to death.
Balram says to Duryodhan that nobody can stop Asvatthama, when he has once decided to destroy the Pandavas. The God of Death has sent the aerial car drawn by a thousand swans, to take the brave to heavens.
Director NNK, Abhishek Bharti told reporters that ‘Urubhangam’ is one of the highly experimental work of the group which has been awarded with Best Production, Best Direction, Best Music, Best Make-Up, Best Actor and various Acting Awards from Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
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