Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 22: Theatre group ‘Natrang’ here today staged Hindi play ‘Girgit’ directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play was based on a Russian short story by Anton Chekhov.
The adaptation of the play was deeply rooted in the soil of Jammu.
Play Girgit revolves around a dog and corrupt Police officer, who changes colours like chameleon, every time as the situation changes.
The play opens with a dog biting a pickpocket who approaches Police to roundup the owner but in vain.
A passerby hints that the dog belongs to the local Minister.
On getting his clue, the Police officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable dog.
The officer claims that dog of a Minister cannot bite unless and until forced to do so. While he is beating the pickpocket, another man from the crowd observes that the local Minister cannot keep such dog as he is known to have pointer-hunting dogs only. On this, the dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of dog so that the pickpocket may get compensation.
Beating of the dog continues until a servant of the Minister appears and identifies the dog as pet of Minister’s brother who has visited from Delhi.
Now, the dog is escorted back home with full official protocol.
Actors who performed in the play were Mihir Gujral, Aadesh Dhar, Kananpreet Kaur, Vishal Sharma, Kushal Bhat, Lal Mohd, Palshin Dutta, Vrinda Gujral, Vansh Pandotra and Pratibha Verma.
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