Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 21: Under the direction of Rahul Singh, Theatre group ‘Natrang’ here today staged ‘Kharaashein’-a collage of Gulzar’s literary creations on riots.
Three different stories on one common plot written by the celebrated writer Gulzaar were presented beautifully.
The stories included ‘Ravi Paar’, ‘Hilsa’ and ‘Khuda Hafiz’.
‘Ravi Paar’ is the story of India at the time of partition. Religious fanatics of both sides showed no mercy on anyone who didn’t believed in their religion
The second story ‘Hilsa’ opens at the home of a Bengali couple where ‘Kanchan’ is cleaning fish which they have to consume in lunch, ‘Bhibhuti’, her husband returns back from the market empty handed as he could not get the news paper because of the riots. Somehow newspaper reaches their home, which was all filled with the news and pictures of gory consequences of riots. There was a very heart rendering story of a girl who was raped then died at the tender age when she was pregnant.
In the third story ‘Khuda Hafiz’, a near panic situation is created in the story of two men out in the night violating curfew orders. Each confronts the other, demanding to know which community he belongs to, while shielding his own identity.
The artists who performed in these plays were Mohit Kaul, Gautam Kumar, Goutam Sharma, Khushal Sharma, Shivam Singh and Ajay Lalotra.
The supporting staff included Pankaj Sharma, Zeeshan Haider, Shivam Sharma, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Abhi Bargotra, Mahikshit Singh, Vanshika Gupta and Aafaque Khan.
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