Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 22: Theatre group ‘Natrang’ here today staged Hindi play ‘Ghor Kalyug’, written and directed by Neeraj Kant.
The play revolves around Rajan, a media professional, and his family’s emotionally distant reaction to the death of his ailing father. Upon waking up late one morning, Rajan is informed by his wife, Savita that his father has passed away. Rather than showing grief, Rajan responds with calculated pragmatism, calling a funeral assistance committee to handle the last rites and delegates all responsibilities to Savita and their servant, Bhola.
Rajan’s young daughter, Veera, is deeply affected and refuses to go to school, while Savita manages the situation with cold efficiency, relying solely on paid services. Rajan, meanwhile, faces emotional conflict at work, where his boss dismisses his father’s death as irrelevant in the cutthroat world of sensational media. The play’s climax intensifies at home when even the father’s ashes are returned by the funeral service agency. Frustrated, Rajan suggests finding an organization for ash immersion. But when Bhola is asked to carry out the task, he refuses, condemning the family’s complete outsourcing of intimate rituals.
Artists who performed in the play were Pawan Verma, Aryan Sharma, Adaksh Bagal, Kushal Bhat, Prerna Sharma, Priyal, Ashok Gupta and Kartik Kumar; lights were executed by Neeraj Kant and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
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