Lalit Gupta
JAMMU, Mar 13: Punjabi Play ‘Kandyali Taar’ by Kirpal Singh Kasali, which brought on stage many new actors and drew jam packed audience, was performed during the ongoing annual drama festival organized by J&K Cultural Academy, at the auditorium of Government College for women, Gandhi Nagar, here today.
Directed by Javed Gill, the plot of play revolves around two soldiers: Prem Singh, a Sikh of Indian Army and Mushtaq of Pakistani Army, who while posted on the border discover that Prem Singh is living in the same house in Gurdaspur, which belonged to Mushtaq’s family before partition.
Both soldiers develop cordial relations. Mushtaq, after coming to know about the marriage of Prem’s daughter, tells him about the gold mohars buried by his elders in the Gurdaspur house and, asks him to use the gold for marriage.
After daughter’s marriage, Prem Singh join back duty and goes to meet Mushtaq only to find that a barbed fence has been raised on the border. While he is about to hand Mushtaq back the gold, along with a brick from his house as a reminder of his roots, the suspicious army officers from both sides, thinking them as traitors, kill them.
‘Kandyali Taar’, came out as a moving comment that how 1947 not only divided the sub-continent but also forced a partition among people who still share a common socio-cultural ethos. Today’s performance, high on emotional quotient, was very liked by the audience, who enjoyed the song and dance sequences.
Javed Gill acted as Mushtaq and Dharambir Choudhary as Prem Singh. Other members of the cast included
Neeraj Sethi as Commanding Officer, Abdul Razaq Bhatti as Subedar, Som Nath Azad as Havaldar, Sakib Sayal as Veer Singh, Sohan Verma as Pavitar Singh Katoch, Vaneeta Sharma as Mushtaq’s mother, Sunil Mehra as Mushtaq’s nephew, Jan Mohammad as Pahad Singh, Anuradha Bhagat as Deepi, Mohammad Shokat as Pak Officer, Razab Ali & Sahid Sayal as Pakistani soldiers.
Tomorrow, Nav Durga Kala Manch will present Balraj Bakshi’s Vatan Fry.
The first day’s proceeding culminated with a poetic symposium.
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