Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 17: Theatre group Natrang here today staged Balwant Thakur’s Hindi play ‘Jaal’ under the direction of Neeraj Kant.
The play showcased how drug-menace is ruining generations, crippling the highly energetic human resource of developing nations like India.
Play ‘Jaal’ was not based on any one story-line but as an experiment, Balwant Thakur has woven multiple stories in one theme focusing the spread of drug menace.
In a sequence, a young boy is shown struggling for a good company after passing the school and making entry to the college. He is isolated for not being the consumer of intoxications. All those around him treat him like a child which frustrates him and to prove that he has grown-up, he finds easiest way by consuming a variety of intoxications.
In another sequence a rural inhabitation particularly the men-folk are shown drowned in alcohol. All the miseries of the village like poverty, domestic violence, and other ailments are attributed to the constant growth of consumption of alcohol in the village. In a sequence the daily routine of a villager is shown who consumes the whole of his daily earnings in alcohol.
The play unfolds a series of incidents where people influenced by drugs, alcohol and other intoxications create hell for themselves as well as for others.
Actors who performed in the play were Neeraj Kant, Aadesh Dhar, Gopi Sharma Vandana Thakur, Kartik Kumar, Aryan Sharma and Vishal Sharma.
The show was conducted by Brijesh Avtar Sharma and coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
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