Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 14: On the occasion of Hindi Day, theatre group ‘Natrang’ today staged Hindi play ‘Shrimaan X’ written by Giriraj Sharan Aggarwal and directed by Neeraj Kant.
Set in the futuristic ‘Vigyaan Colony’, story of the play revolves around a wealthy Seth Giridhari Lal, who dismisses his servant Gopal and replaces him with a robot that works tirelessly, without error and with precision. While Giridhari Lal celebrates this technological leap, Prof. Dr. Shrimali, Gopal’s mentor, sees it as a dangerous symbol of misplaced priorities. He remarks that in India once bullock carts and robots existed side by side.
The conflict escalates into a gripping debate between progress and humanity. An incident occurs when Giridhari Lal hosts a lunch and the robot, bound by its programmed timing, clears the food away, leaving the guests hungry. The satire sharpens further when the robot, working in a sugar factory, blindly attempts to push a human supervisor into the crusher once it runs out of cane supply. Though disaster is averted, the robot is arrested, leading to a courtroom climax.
In the end, Giridhari Lal realizes that while machines can excel in efficiency, they can never replace human judgment, empathy and understanding.
Artists who performed in the play were Kananpreet Kaur, Supria Gorka, Aryan Sharma, Kushal Bhat, Krishay Bhatia and Kartik Kumar; lights were designed by Neeraj Kant, sound was scored by Kartik Kumar; presentations by Kushal Bhat and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
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