Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 9: Theatre group ‘Natrang’ here today staged Hindi play ‘Uthal Puthal’ based on the short story by Anton Chekhov and directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play revolves around a young girl ‘Malvika’, who lives as a paying-guest in the house of Maya.
One day she comes home from the college to find the house in turmoil.
Walking into her room she finds her mistress rummaging through her things. Mrs. Maya leaves in a hurry and another maid tells Malvika that a very expensive brooch was lost and the ever suspicious and arrogant Maya is searching and screening each and every one to find that and she has no regards for anyone’s honesty and all are thieves in her eyes.
‘Malvika’ is very disturbed that the landlady would look through her things, obviously assuming her a thief. At dinner, Maya makes comment that she will not tolerate thieves in her house. This pushes ‘Malvika’ over the edge and she decides to leave the place.
While she is packing, ‘Nikhil’, the master of the house and Maya’s husband, comes into her room and begs her to stay.
He then reveals that actually he stole the brooch as he was short of money and his dominating wife has captured all the possessions with her and turned him to be a beggar in his own house.
This disturbs Malvika even more and she stays with her decision to leave the home as there is no dignity in living at a place where there is no respect for your honesty.
Artists who performed in the play were Aadesh Dhar, Vrinda Gujral, Mehak Chib, Payal Khanna, Sanna Devi and Lalita Sharma.
Lights were operated by Neeraj Kant, sound by Kushal Bhat and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen and presentations were done by Priya Kumari.
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