Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 28: Balwant Thakur’s Nationally acclaimed Hindi play ‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’ which has already created a history for being the longest living play by children in India, yet again vibrated the theatre scene of North-India with its remarkable performances at Jalandhar and Amritsar.
At Jalandhar, the play was staged on the concluding day of ‘Jalandhar Theatre Festival’ which was organized by district administration in association with Red Cross Society and Cambridge International.
Divisional Commissioner of Jalandhar Division, Harbhupinder Singh, was the chief guest on the occasion whereas KK Yadav, DC Jalandhar, was guest of honour. At Amritsar, the play was staged at Virsa Vihaar. Chairman, Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi, Kewal Dhaliwal, was the chief guest on the occasion.
The play ‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’ shakes parents, educationists/guardians of society out of reverie of materialism, consumerism and unbridled desires. The play compels elders to look around and clear the mess they have created due to their own amorous ambitions. Parents see in their children an extension of their unfulfilled dreams and force them to become stereotypes and kill bountiful charm in them.
In a pursuit to make them doctors, engineers and IAS, they are subjected to every kind of cruelty. The children become mechanical and hardly get time to discover their real self. Prevalent education system adds further insult to injury and creativity gets scuttled and children grow up devoid of values.
The play deals with contemporary problems that younger generation is up against from their own loved ones and surroundings. Created by Balwant Thakur in the year 1994, the play has the credit of having featured in over 30 National Theatre festivals and has been lauded as one of the most outstanding children play ever created in India.
The children who acted in the play include Gopi Sharma, Sanchita Dubey, Sanyam Gupta, Shreya Gupta, Agam Kaur, Mihir Gujral, Manya Gujral, Sanya Gupta, Asma Gul, Ayn Bhola, Chirag Anand, Sanvi Anand, Riya Jandial, Saba Jamwal, Shivangini Sharma, Divyan Sharma, Sahil Singh Anand, Vedhant Suri, Sanket Bhagat and Rudra Kohli.
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