Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 5: Natrang’s Sunday Theatre featured World famous Russian story’s Hindustani Adaptation ‘Girgit’ this week.
Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov the play directed by Neeraj Kant proved to be the hard hitting satire on the present socio-political system.
‘Girgit’ revolves around a dog and corrupt police officer, who changes colours like a chameleon, every time as the situation changes irrespective of right or wrong. The stage action starts when a dog bites a pickpocket who approaches the police officers to help him to roundup owner but in vain. A passerby hints that the dog belongs to the local Minister as he saw a similar dog moving around his Bungalow.
On getting his clue, the officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable dog having lived a high life. The officer claims that a dog of Minister cannot bite unless and until forced to do so. While he is beating the pickpocket, another man from the crowd observes that the local Minister cannot keep such dog, as he is known to have pointer-hunting dogs only.
On this, dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of the dog to enable the pickpocket to claim the compensation. The beating of dog continues until a servant of the Minister appears on the scene. At first he refuses to recognize the dog but later identifies him as the Minister’s brother’s dog who has visited from Delhi. Here the dog is escorted back home with full honours and official protocol.
Natrang actors who performed in the play include Rajan Thakyal, Mahikshit Singh, Gopi Sharma, Ankush Laknotra, Sachin Bamba, Namit Dubey, Shekhar Sharma, Shivam Singh, Manish Mahajan, Priyanka Pandita and Romika Wangoo. Lights were operated by Neeraj Kant and the show was coordinated by Aarushi Thakur.
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