Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 3: Theatre group ‘Natrang’ here today staged Balwant Thakur’s Hindi play ‘Aag’ under the direction of Neeraj Kant.
The play showcases how the drug-menace is ruining generations.
Inspired by the 100-day anti-drug campaign led by J&K Lieutenant Governor, Natrang has given a powerful new dimension to the movement by spreading awareness through theatre.
Balwant Thakur, who has specially written this play to address the growing drug menace, emphasized that theatre remains one of the most compelling mediums for engaging audiences.
The play was not based on one story-line but as an experiment multiple stories were woven by the playwright.
In a sequence a young boy is shown struggling for a good company after passing the school and joining the college. He is isolated for not being the consumer of intoxicants. All those around him treat him like a child which frustrates him and to prove that he has grown-up as a young man, he finds the easiest way by consuming intoxicants.
Similarly other sequence showed a rural inhabitation particularly with men-folk drowned in alcohol. One more sequence showed a drunkard man lost his way home and a local escorting him to his home and on reaching home in the middle of the night the drunkard man starts beating his sleeping wife and kids. When the escort intervenes, he is blamed for having bad intentions towards his wife.
Actors who performed in the play were Neeraj Kant, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Mahikshit Singh, Aadesh Dhar, Vishal Sharma, Mihir Gujral and Kananpreet Kour; presentations were done by Soujanya Shekhar and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
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