Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 28: Theatre group Natrang here today staged play ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ at Government MAM College under the direction of Balwant Thakur.
The show was hosted by Cultural and SPARSH committee of MAM College.
The presentation was supported by J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages.
The play ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ was produced by Natrang under an initiative aimed at popularising and propagating the art of theatre amongst youth.
In this process, Natrang offered an intense theatre training programme to the students of both the women colleges of the city and selected 30 girls for training to various elementary aspects of theatre after which they were introduced to the production process of theatre in which the play ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ was produced under the direction and mentorship of Balwant Thakur.
Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the College, Dr. B.B Anand said that theatre has the immense power of transforming personalities and such themes like women empowerment are required to be disseminated all over. He also felicitated Director Natrang, Balwant Thakur and all the participants.
Play ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ speaks loudly about the new-age women.
Prominent poet and composer Brij Mohan collaborated this play musically and the same was supported by senior artist Veerji Sumbli in design and craft.
Neeraj Kant assisted Balwant Thakur in mounting this production whereas Mohd. Yaseen was the coordinator.
Others who assisted the show included Aadesh Dhar and Kushal Bhat.
The actors who performed in the play were Pragi Sharma, Aradhana Soodan, Shalini Bhagat, Mahi Verma, Lakshita Devi, Ayushika Rajput, Meenu Sharma, Aakriti Jamwal, Isha Gupta, Harmandeep Kour, Prerna Sharma, Divyanshi Sharma, Kibriya Gohar, Geeta Thakur, Simran Rajput, Simran Bhagat, Palak Thappa, Pooja Thakur and Pratibha Verma.
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