PUNE, Sep 21:
A cultural programme that has been designed and scripted by the Yerawada jail inmates and which will feature actor and 1993 blasts convict Sanjay Dutt, will be a houseful show, a jail official said today.
The two-hours programme by 45 jail inmates will be staged at Balgandharva Rangamandir on Thursday afternoon amidst high security.
The 53-year old Bollywood actor, who had surrendered after the supreme court upheld his conviction in the 1993 serial blasts, is serving the remaining 42 months of his five-year sentence since May.
For the past few months, over 30 inmates of Yerawada jail have been rehearsing a cultural programme consisting of dance performances and skits with the main theme on the culture and traditions of Maharashtra and their relevance in the changing times.
In May, a small show was organised in the jail premises for some visitors. The money collected after selling the tickets will be used for welfare funds.
DIG (Prisons) Rajendra Dhamane said, ‘The show will be a housefull as some social organisations and citizen groups have promised to buy all the tickets. It is a two-hour show that will start at 1500 hrs on September 26, and go on for about two hours. About 30 inmates, some from the women’s jail, will perform on the stage while 15 others are crew members performing backstage duties’.
He further added, ‘Sanjay Dutt will be appearing in a dance and he will also be doing a skit which has mimicry’.
Jail superintended Yogesh Desai said the show has been designed, scripted and will be executed by inmates. All of them have been adding new things to the programme every now and then. Most of them are convicts of serious crimes like murder.
‘The choreography and direction of skits has also been done by convicts from both central and open jail. The programme will begin with a conversation between two performers- one playing a villager and another his school friend who has returned from abroad and has forgotten his culture.
With the help of the dance perofrmances and skits, the villager tries to re-introduce his friend to their homeland, which is changing but has its values intact’, said a jail official.
(UNI)
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