Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, June 30: Two shows of globally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Bawa Jitto’ were presented here in the Mela Aghar Jitto by Natrang Jammu.
Written by Prof Ram Nath Shastri and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur, this mind-blowing presentation enlivened the Aghar Jitto Mela-2018 with the electrifying performance of versatile seasoned actors of Natrang.
Babu Ram, ADC Reasi, was the chief guest on the occasion whereas Romesh Chander, ADDC Reasi and Mohit Raina, Tehsildar Katra, were the special guests.
The tragic story of Bawa Jitto portrays the age-old saga of exploitation of landless farmers by landlords. Due to the constant and persistent pressures of relatives, with a piece of land as bone of contention, Bawa Jitto, a hard working, farm less farmer is forced to leave his native village. Accompanied by his nine-year-old daughter, he takes shelter in the house of a friend in Shamachak, a nearby village.
The efforts of his friend Rullo result in a land grant from landlord in Shamachak and one fourth of the produce is fixed as land revenue. The hard work put in by him, the sweat and toil of Jitto turns a barren land into prolific treasure. This makes avaricious landlord to back out on his word and ask for major share of the crop. Helpless Jitto, unable to endure injustice, kills himself. The agony becomes boundless when Gauri, his little daughter immolates herself on her father’s pyre.
The main actors who performed in the play were Arvind Anand, Suresh Kumar, Vijay Bhat, Mohit Sharma, Subash Jamwal, Subash Jamwal, Rahul Singh, Mohd Yaseen, as Aadmi and Rullo in a highly professional manner, Saanvi Anand, Sanchita Dubey, Vrinda Sharma and Dewankshi Sabikhi. as Jojan.
The lights were designed and executed by Shivam Singh, stage management was done by Aarushi Thakur and Sartaj Singh and sound was professionally audio graphed by Tilak Raj.
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