Lalit Gupta
JAMMU, June 26: The performance of Hindi play, Kisse Parsai Ke’ came out as a satirical take on the post-independent maladies ingrained in socio-political reality of the country. Performed by Theatre and Theatre, Chandigarh, the play was staged on second day of the three-day theatre festival being organized by Haryana Kala Parishad, Chandigarh in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, at Abhinav Theatre, here today.
Based on three short stories of well known satirist and humorist Hariprasad Parsai (1924-1995), such as Shivshankar Ka Tabadala, Vaishnava Katha and Naya Pul, the plot of the play woven as a collage, revolves around issues like corruption, exploitation of gullible masses by mushrooming breed of self styled ‘swamis’ and religious leaders leading to communal strife, and the how politicians of all hues leave no stone unturned to have public projects named after them.
Today’s production directed by Suresh Sharma, with Harminder Singh as chief assistant director and production designer, presented in a Nautanki style was an entertaining affair full of dance and musical sequences with interspersion of ‘episodes’ which ostensibly sheathed in mythological references pointed to the hypocrisy that has become part and parcel of our present day society.
The play with minimal set in which the chorus of actors playing multiple roles, flowed with energetic movements on live music, came out as an entertaining performance that showcased the power of the satire laced in comedy to unveil the social vices and follies.
The actors who gave impressive performances included Harminder Singh as Kaka, Jaspal Barnala as Hariya, Priya Sharma as Wife, Gurpreet Singh Toor as Swami ji, Pardeep Giri as Dev Doot, Prince Sharma as Ram Sevak, Gurpreet Singh Sarwar as Pati and Sushma Gandhi as Sutradhar.
Tomorrow on the last day of the festival Action Theatre, Rohtak, will present Vijay Tendulkar’s play Jati Hi Puccho Sadhu Ki.
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