Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: Theatre group Natrang here today staged Hindi play ‘Girgit’ directed by Balwant Thakur.
Based on a Russian Short Story by Anton Chekhov the play is a hard hitting satire on the present socio-political system. The adaptation of the play was deeply rooted in the soil of Jammu.
The play Girgit revolves around a dog and corrupt police officer, who change colours like a chameleon, every time as the situation changes.
The stage action starts when a dog bites a pickpocket who approaches the police officer for help and then action starts to roundup owner of the dog.
A passerby hints that the dog belongs to a local Minister as he saw a similar dog moving around his Bungalow. On getting his clue, the police officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable dog.
The officer claims that a dog of Minister cannot bite unless and until forced to do so.
While he is beating the pickpocket, another man from the crowd observes that the local Minister cannot keep such dog, as he is known to have pointer-hunting dogs only.
On this, dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of the dog so that the pickpocket may get compensation.
After sometime Minister’s servant comes and identifies the dog as Minister’s brother’s who has visited from Delhi. Here the dog is escorted back home with full official protocol.
Artists who performed in the play were Manoj Lalotra, Abhinav Sharma, Sumit Raina, Udit Sagar, Ajay Lalotra, Shivam Sharma, Rakshit Arora, Sheetal Jadhan and Brighu Sharma. The show was conducted by Neeraj Kant and coordinated by Suresh Kumar.
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