Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: This Sunday witnessed the performance of ‘Kavita Ka Chakkar’, a play in Hindi written by Devraj Dinesh and directed by Neeraj Kant at Natrang Studio Theatre in its weekly theatre series ‘Sunday Theatre’.
The play makes us aware about the constant struggle which artists have to undergo to pursue their passion and give expression to their feelings.
In the play ‘Kavita Ka Chakkar’ tragedy of a poet has been depicted in such a comic manner that it prompts the spectators to laugh on his tragic fate. ‘Champa Lal’- a businessman by profession is obsessed with the art of poetry writing. All-time he confronts with adverse environment and things become sickening for him when he hardly finds a moment to complete his poem. The passion for the poetry reaches to such a level that he leaves his business establishment and locks himself in a room to have a suitable environment for the creation of a creative mood.
This act surprises his wife who never saw him leaving his business till late hours of night. She smells some foul play and start cursing on him. By the time he is able to convince his wife, a friend makes an unwanted entry and further distracts his creative mood and focus on poetry. He struggles a lot to convince everyone to understand the agony of a creative mind and the process of its churning.
In his quest for the creation of single stanza in a poem he loses his business, wife, and friends and ironically finds no one to appreciate his art of poetry. The play though in a funny style portrayed the harsh reality behind the creation of creative works. Our country in particular may take centuries to reach to level when we’ll have thrust for creativity and understanding for the arts and literature. Finally when it becomes extremely difficult for him write, he starts hitting his head and says that this world is not meant for creative people.
The artists who participated in the play included Sachin Bamba, Shubam Soni, Shivam Singh, Syed Mudassar Ali Shah and Ankush Lakhnotra. The lights were operated by Neeraj Kant and the music was scored by Mahikshit Singh. Mohd Yaseen coordinated the show.
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