Lalit Gupta
JAMMU, Mar 16: Manoranjan Kala Kendra presented Punjabi play ‘Fasley’ in the ongoing annual drama festival being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, at the auditorium of Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar, here today.
Written by Jatinder Brar and directed by T S Premi, the play revolves around one young doctor who is attracted to a gypsy girl who refuses to take money after treating a snake-bite case, saying that she is under an oath to render free service. Doctor gives the nomadic girl a place to stay and they both fall in love. But the corrupt ‘compounder’, who fleeces the gullible villagers, is upset about the development and wants the doctor to leave at any cost.
The doctor who had gone on leave, returns with his newly married wife. She become jealous of doctor’s attraction for Noori and calls her mother-in-law, who bribes the ‘compounder’ to get rid of Noori. Next day Noori’s hut catches fire and she is burnt to ashes.
The play is a satire on prevalent cast and class, hierarchy as well as the increasing materialistic outlook in society which does not hesitate to kill those who tend to go against the ‘system’.
Today’s presentation brought to fore two young female actresses: Meenakshi Sharma as Dolly and Mousami Thakyal as Noori, who portrayed their roles with ease and confidence. Neena Rani as Maa, Sahil Raina as Doctor and Mukesh Raina as Compounder also acted well. Others members of the cast were T S Premi, Mukesh Raina, Dr Rajinder Thapa, Shila Rattan, Abhishek Mehra, Devinder Singh, H P S Bedi, Tirlochan Singh and Pramodh Choudhary.
Tomorrow, Pancham Group will perform Dr Shanker Shesh’s Hindi play ‘Komal Gandhar, under the direction of Gurmeet Jamwal.
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