Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 27: Natrang celebrated World Theatre Day by staging its popular play ‘Girgit’ for army troops at Mendhar.
Director Natrang, Padmashri Balwant Thakur informed that Natrang pioneered celebrating this day of much importance for the artist fraternity in particular and the whole society in general.
Hindi play ‘Girgit’ directed by Balwant Thakur is based on a Russian short story by Anton Chekhov.
‘Girgit’ revolves around a dog and corrupt police officer, who changes colours like a chameleon, every time as the situation changes irrespective of right or wrong.
The stage action starts when a dog bites a pickpocket who approaches the Police officers for help but it turned in vain. A passerby hints that the dog belongs to the local Minister as he saw a similar dog moving around his bungalow.
On getting this clue, the officer starts beating the pickpocket for teasing a respectable dog. 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, the dog is thrashed and search continues for the owner of the dog to enable the pickpocket to claim compensation.
The beating of dog continues until a servant of the minister appears on the scene. At first he refuses to recognize the dog but later identifies him as minister’s brother’s dog who has visited from Delhi. Here the dog is escorted back home with full honors and official protocol.
Natrang actors who acted in the play included Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Meenakshi Bhagat, Sanket Bhagat, Sushant Singh Charak, Vishal Sharma, Aarti Bhagat, Shivam Singh, Kushal Bhat and Sagar Gupta.
The show was coordinated by Neeraj Kant and Mohd. Yaseen.
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