Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 8: Natrang’s acclaimed Dogri play ‘Mahabhoj’ was staged here today at Abhinav Theatre.
Based on a Hindi novel of the same name by Manu Bhandari, this play has been adapted in Dogri by Prof. R.N Shastri and directed by Balwant Thakur.
The play ‘Mahabhoj’ revolves around the agricultural labourers of ‘SAROHA’ who bear the brunt of the wrath of their landlord for raising voice against his atrocities. In a gruesome act of arson, their settlements are torched and nine innocent lives are lost.
“Beesu”, a fiery young man is murdered in a dastardly act and a bold voice is strangulated. The murder of ‘Beesu’ is sensationalized and every political party is out to earn maximum mileage out of it as elections are round the corner.
The media magnifies this tragedy beyond proportions. The Chief Minister, Da Sahib, mastermind behind the murder, uses this murder as a weapon to silence his opponents and suppress internal unrest within party ranks. The hurt sentiments of people of ‘Saroha’ are nursed by installing a Cottage Industry Project, thus, providing employment opportunities. A fresh inquiry is ordered into Beesu’s murder. The politics of power plays its dirty game once again and truth becomes a casualty. ‘Binda’ a friend of Beesu and a crusader, is falsely implicated and arrested.
The participating artists in the play were Suresh Kumar, Neeraj Kant, Anil Tickoo, Vikrant Sharma, Subash Jamwal, Mohd. Yaseen, Meenakshi Bhagat, Vrinda Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, Sushant Singh, Gopi Sharma, Mahikshit Singh and Sumit Raina.
Music of the play was creatively scored by Suraj Singh and lights were designed and executed by Suraj Ganjoo.
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