‘Kunwari Chotti’ staged at Natrang’s Sunday theatre

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: ‘Kunwari Chotti’ a new play written by Balwant Gargi and directd by Neeraj Kant featured in Natrang’s Sunday Theatre Series this week.
The play opens at a small home of one ‘Chandi’, a young girl residing in a remote hilly village. Suddenly, a young man from city arrives there. He is on adventure tracking and wants to conquer the highest peak. As he is tired, he seeks a place for resting for a while. In his conversation with Chandi, he tells his plan to reach to the highest peak on which she warns him as there is a belief in the village that no one shall reach to the highest virgin peak as this will invite the wrath of ‘Lalji Devta’ and the whole area will be covered by snow.
The young man laughs at it and terms it as pure myth. By the time some ‘Bhairo’, Chandi’s lover comes there and young man hides. In her conversation with Bhairo, Chandi expresses her desire to go beyond the mountains and see the other side of the world and feel the life of city. She also asks that person to go and search her father as its been long that he had left the home. When he goes, the young man tells Chandi that he can take her where she wants to go. He will show her everything she wanted to see. He motivates her to go with him. She agrees to it as it was fulfilling her dream. After she leaves, her father and Bhairo come back home only to find that ‘Chandi has taken a leap towards city. They are afraid that she will be cursed by the wrath of the Mountain God, and suddenly a thunderous storm arrives to end the play in a mystery.
Sajra Qadir was successful in putting life in the character of ‘Chandi’, Balwinder Singh as ‘Tracker’ was also very impressive. Atin Tikka as ‘Bhairo’ and Ashwani Bali as ‘Baap’ also supported the play with their balanced acting. The Music was operated by Sachin Saini. Neeraj Kant operated the lights. The show was coordinated by Sumeet Sharma who also conducted the presentations.