Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 15: Dogri play ‘Suno Eh Kahani’, written and directed by Balwant Thakur, was staged here today at Natrang Studio Theatre, Kachi Chawni in Sunday Theatre Series.
The play is a wholesome blend of almost all the Dogri Folk Art forms and thus acts aptly as theatre as an effective tool of mass awareness. Such is the beauty of this play that this performance, which acts like a catalyst before the mass audience of thousands in open air, was equally effective in the intimate studio theatre.
Today’s play was based on the story of a young girl ‘Guddi’ representing a major section of rural lower middle class adolescent young girls, who are forced into matrimony at a very tender age. Guddi is fully aware of the strains of early marriage, as it has taken its toll in untimely death of her mother. She wants to grow and get educated before she takes up the responsibility of married life. Her dreams are shattered, as a ‘suitable’ groom is found and marriage date is fixed. While the marriage ceremonies are being performed, help comes in the form of intervention by legal authorities and decision of marriage is deferred for appropriate time. The play highlights the plight of young girls who are sacrificed at the altar of rotten, redundant customs of illiterate and ignorant sections of our society.
Neeraj Kant played the role of ‘Baap’ whereas Juhi Singh played the role of ‘Guddi’ with full theatrical versatility. The narrators of the play, Mohit Sharma and Mohd Yaseen, did multiple roles with professional ease. Pawan Verma as clownish groom generated repeated laughter through his comic acts. Rahul Singh as ‘Police Man’ was also very impressive. Others who performed as chorus and various characters in the play, included Ankush Lakhnotra, Rajan Thakyal, Shivam Singh, Pankaj Verma and Vishal Sharma. Aishwarya Sathe did the presentations.
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