Natrang stages ‘Do Zaaviye’

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 28: Hindi play ‘Do Zaaviye’ written by Balwant Gargi and directed by Balwant Thakur was presented here today in Natrang’s Sunday Theatre Series.
The play was assisted by Vikram Sharma. Natrang is performing plays every Sunday since 2004 and despite all odds, this group has not stopped this weekly theatre happening in Jammu.
Today’s play ‘Do Zaaviye’ was set on a debate between two friends, the play unveils a confrontation of two different visions of life. Their debate opens with a discussion of the necessity of women of life. When one credits the very existence of mankind to women, the other while rejecting this as an outdated slogan cites the example of men not only living together but marrying and leading happy life. Of late, few countries and societies started have even recognizing this new evolution of relationships.
The one supporting man women relationship terms this as the creation of human frustration and mental sickness and claims that anything against the law of nature has no life to survive. The other while nullifying sentiments, emotions, feelings etc glorifies the importance of materials in life and the power of money. There was a time when he had nothing in his pocket and everyone rejected and dejected him. His lover abandoned him because he had no status; his parents threw him out because he was not able to contribute monetarily to the family. His creative powers, innovative, strength, intellectual acumen, all were of no use in a world which believes in numbers. Now, he has realized the power of materials and claims to have acquired the capacity to buy anything on this earth. The debate continues and by the time it reaches to the climax one realizes that mechanized life has given birth to all this abnormal behavior of human beings.
With the finest things of life, like music, poetry, art missing, one tends to behave abnormally. One may attributes life’s failures, frustration, rejections and dejections to his/her abnormal behavior but no one realizes that the absence of the finest practices of life and the distance from the nature is the root cause of the abnormal tendencies of a human beings.
The challenge of enacting this complex play was not only accepted but wonderfully accomplished by Vikram Sharma as Rakesh, Shakshi Prakash as Alka, Baljeet Singh as Rajindra and Abhinav Vimarsh as Gangu. The lights were designed and executed by Rohit Verma. The sound was scored by Ankush Lakhnotra and Uplaksh Singh. The show was coordinated by Sugam Singhal. The presentations were done by Sumeet Sharma.