Natrang presents Ghumayee

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 14: Balwant Thakur’s internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Ghumayee’ outshined once again at Abhinav Theatre, Jammu and enthralled jampacked audience which applauded the brilliant performance of artists repeatedly. Presented by Natrang in association with Airtel this globally popular play is credited for bringing Dogri language and culture in International limelight. Sanjeev Caterers were the hospitality partners of this event.
The special honorable guests during the show were Col Mahesh Sharma (Commanding Officer, 4 Dogra), Ashwani Khajuria (RTO Jammu), Sidharth Dogra (Editor Jammu Links News) Rahul Sahai (Vice Chairman, CII, J&K State Council), Raveendra Desai(Chief Operating Officer, Airtel J&K) and Ajay Khajuria (Marketing Head, AIRTEL, J&K).
Tomorrow to mark the 34th foundation day of Natrang, English play ‘Henry and Anne’ written and directed by Aarushi Thakur will be presented at Abhinav Theatre Jammu at 5.30 pm with the support of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), J &K.
Dogri play “GHUMAYEE”, which has already made a mark at the world theater scene is credited for being the first Indian play which made it to the Frankfurt International theatre Festival (Germany) and World Experimental Theatre Festival, Moscow (Russia).
Every creative department of the play as contributed tremendously for the super success of this play but the lead actors of the play who have performed record number of shows of this play repeatedly all over the country and abroad since last 16 years gave outstandingly remarkable performances and audiences had the rarest occasion to witness country’s most accomplished actors on stage.
Out of world performance of Vikrant Sharma who played the lead role of ‘Paani Laane Waala’ left the ultimate impact of his versatility and command over acting. The matured and powerful acting of Anil Tickoo as ‘Dulha’ demonstrated his control over the art of his matured acting.
Amongst senior actors who gave powerful performances included Neeraj Kant, Subash Jamwal, Sumeet Sharma, Rahul Singh and Ankush Lakhnotra. Gauri Thakur in her performance as ‘Dulhan’ was successful in justifying the challenging role. She was equally supported by Aishwarya Sathe, Vanshika Gupta, Meenakshi Bhagat, Geetanjali Khajuria and Sanchita Dubey. Others who supported the play through their notable performances included Gopi Sharma, Rajan Thakyal, Mahikshit Singh, Vishal Sharma, Yash Manhas, Shivam Singh and Brijesh Avtaar Sharma.
The soulful music of the play was composed by Suraj Singh who also led the singing of the play and also gave an appreciable entry on stage as ‘Gujjar’. The lights of the play were designed by Suraj Ganjoo and executed brilliantly by Pankaj Sharma. The audiography of the play was designed and executed by Mohd. Yaseen.