Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 1: Natrang today presented yet another Dogri play ‘Hathen Diyan Dittiyan’ carrying a very powerful and relevant social message.
The play has been written by Mohan Singh who is a multifaceted personality of Dogri literature and theatre. The play was directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play opens at the backdrop of a village, where one person (Basenta) is shown in the state of extreme melancholy. In hapless and heartbroken state he reaches at the bank of a river to jump and commit suicide but at the very moment, he is grappled by his close friend (Rama), who gets hold of him to save him.
‘Basenta’ pleads to and argues with his friend to let him jump but he doesn’t get his grip loose. Another villager, ‘Parkash’ also enters in the scene. On asking the reason for such an extreme step, ‘Basenta’ tells that he had tried all the remedies even exorcism, but he cannot get a male child. In his consistent attempts to be a father of a boy, he had become the father of six girls yet he has no clue that how and when his wife would give birth to a boy.
Though one of a self acclaimed Gods-man has given the prophecy that next time he would definitely get a baby boy, yet he is not sure of his fate. On hearing this, he is lamented and criticized by his fellow villagers for his orthodox thinking. They advise him that rather than getting more girls on earth in order to get a boy, he should concentrate more on their better upbringing. This is how the society will be reformed and would move towards progress.
Natrang actors who performed in the play include Shivam Singh, Vishal Sharma, Kuldeep Angral and Rishabh Sharma. The sets were designed by Ankush Lakhnotra, who also rendered the Lights. Music was scored by Yash Pal Manhas whereas Mahikshit Singh did the presentations.
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