Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 4: Hindi play ‘Girgit’ directed by Neeraj Kant was staged here today by theatre group ‘Natrang’ at Rani Park.
Based on a Russian short story by Anton Chekhov, the play proved to be a hard hitting satire on the present socio-political system.
Play ‘Girgit’ revolves around a Dog and a 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 police officers to help him to roundup owner but all 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 this clue, the officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable dog.
The officer claims that a dog of Minister cannot bite unless and until forced to do so.
While he was 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, the dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of the dog to enable the pickpocket get 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 on identifies him as Minister’s brother’s dog who has visited from Delhi. Here the dog is escorted back home with full official protocol.
Actors who performed in the play were Mihir Gujral, Aadesh Dhar, Neeraj Kant, Vishal Sharma, Kuldeep Angral, Kushal Bhat, Abhimanyu Choudhary, Sheryaar Salaria and Sumit Bandaral.
The presentations were done by Subash Jamwal.
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