Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 5: On persistent public demand of Chandigarh elite, Natrang presented Balwant Thakur’s internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Ghumayee’ at historic Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh with the support of Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi. Jam packed Chandigarh audience gave standing ovation to this brilliant performance and applauded each act on stage with repeated applauses.
Interestingly, this is the third time when Natrang won the hearts and minds of the art lovers of Chandigarh by the sheer magic of its out of the world presentation, most outstanding acting and heart rendering music.
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). First produced in the year 2000, the play is based on Dogri Folk Tale of a hilly village.
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 left the ultimate impact of his versatility and command over acting. The matured and powerful acting of Anil Tickoo 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 was successful in justifying the challenging role. She was equally supported by Aishwarya Sathe, Vanshika Gupta, Meenakshi Bhagat, and Sanchita Dubey.
Others who supported the play through their notable performances included Gopi Sharma, Rajan Thakyal, Mahikshit Singh, Yash Manhas and Shivam Singh.
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 and executed by Suraj Ganjoo.The audiography of the play was designed and executed by Mohd Yaseen.
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