Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 31: A 50 member group of Natrang artists flew from Delhi to present “Jashan-e-Jammu and Kashmir” in Guwahati and Imphal. Conceptualized, designed and directed by Balwant Thakur, this festival is organised by North-East Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi.
The “Jashan-e-Jammu and Kashmir” will feature internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Ghumayee’ written and directed by Balwant Thakur and a thrilling programme of the diverse traditions of the dances of J&K entitled ‘Celebrating Diversity’.
In Guwahati, the festival will be presented at Pragjyoti ITA centre for performing arts on April 1. On April 2, the group will fly to Imphal where the festival will be held at the auditorium of Chorus Repertory theatre of internationally acclaimed director Rattan Thiyam, who is the Chairman of National School of Drama.
Giving details about the festival, Balwant Thakur informed that the festival will feature world class electrifying performances of J&K and this distant part of the country will be bridged with the State of Jammu and Kashmir through this unique cultural initiative of Natrang Jammu.
The artist of J&K who have especially been flown to North-East by Sangeet Natak Academi New Delhi included Anil Tickoo, Suresh Kumar, Vikrant Sharma, Suraj Singh, Neeraj Kant, Tajasvi Sharma, Sumeet Sharma, Dimple Sharma, Sajra Qadir, Aarushi Thakur, Mohit Sharma, Mohammad Yaseen, Suraj Ganjoo, Pawan Verma, Vanshika Gupta, Surya Salathia, Namrata Chib, Ashwani Bali, Mahikshit Singh Langeh, Uplaksh Singh Kotwal, Ankush Lakhnotra, Suraj Ganjoo, Gauri Thakur, Damanpreet Kaur, Suhasini Antaal, Gurmeet Kour, Preeti Manhas, Srijna Bhasin, Rupali Rai, Aarti Verma, Aarti Slathia, Saroj Manhas, Rupali Jasrotia, Monika Khanna, Tsering Choskit, Dorjay Youron, Stanzin Lamo, Jigmat Wongmo, Dechan Angma, Kunzes Dolma, Deepak Kumar, Anil Sharma, Rahul Manhas, Neetan Kumar, John, Ashwani Kumar, Rakesh Kona, Sartaj Singh, Shagun Charak and Balwant Thakur.
Follow our WhatsApp channel