Lalit Gupta
Jammu, Jan 20: True to its reputation as one of the leading theatre groups of North India, Natrang, staged a stellar performance of the play ‘Kasak’ to mark the penultimate day of the ongoing Theatre Carnival, at the Abhinav Theatre, here today.
Based on Shailesh Dhave’s original Gujarati play, today’s play in Hindi was translated by talented playwright Roheet Verma and directed by equally able director/actor Rahul Singh.
The play’s plot full of twists and turns is about Rajnikant, an innocent person with a drinking problem. He is wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife by a police inspector. Infuriated at the torture meted out to him in police custody and the attendant agony, Rajnikant takes revenge by cleverly implicating the very same police inspector along with his paramour Chandrima, in the murder of his own wife.
The three-cast of Aarti Devi as Chandrima Desai, Goutam Sharma as Inspector, and Rahul Singh as Rajnikant brought their respective character alive on the stage through the affective dramatization of the swiftly unfolding sequences and events through the artistic rendering of the concomitant emotions.
The sheer pace and tempo of the confidant and skillful dialogue delivery and synchronized body movements of the actors, not only kept the audience spellbound but also set the standards for the other theatre groups to emulate.
The almost linear layout of the semi-realistic set placed in the foreground, with the suggestion of the bedroom and the kitchen in the right side wings, selection of props, thoughtful light design, and above all the fast rhythm background score accentuating the suspenseful expectancy of the spectators—all added to the thrill of an engrossing presentation.
The voiceover was given by Meenakshi Bhagat and Sanket Bhagat. Music and sound were rendered by Brijesh Avatar Sharma. Sets by Mahikshit Singh and Aadesh Dhar, lights by Shivam Singh an costumes by Neeraj Kant.
Tomorrow, the Theatre carnival will conclude with Natraj Natya Kunj’s presentation of the Urdu musical play Ghalib at Quarantine under the direction of Abhishek Bharti. (ends)
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