Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Jan, 13
This Sunday, Natrang presented a new play in Hindi ‘Ek Raat’ based on a story of Rabindranath Tagore at Natrang Studio Theatre in its weekly theatre series ‘Sunday Theatre’. The play has been adapted by Pratap Sehgal and directed by Neeraj Kant. Creative use of Lights and Sets enhanced the overall impact of the play which already was fortified with wholesome use of words and metaphors.
The story of the play revolves around a man, who is living on the memories of his love. ‘Neelesh’, an assistant teacher curses himself for missing out a golden opportunity of getting married to his childhood love because he could not muster the courage to stand against the will of his father. Recollecting all the sweet memories with ‘Surbala’, Neelesh shares his tragic love story with ‘Ghoshal’, whom he considers a true friend. Neelesh shares how he keeps cherishing all the moments spent with ‘Surbala’ during their childhood days, and how difficult it is for him to accept that she has got married to Ramlochan, an advocate in Calcutta. He further goes on explaining to him the dilemma of visiting her house to meet Ramlochan, who is married to his childhood love. Surbala and Neelesh witnesses a tragic situation when suddenly flood occurs in the city and Neelesh comes forward to rescue her from drowning in the rising flood water. They both took refuge on a rock, which was much above water level. Getting nostalgic, he tries to revive all the moments spent together during their childhood. Though Surbala gets worried, how difficult it will be for the people to digest that a married woman has spent whole night with another man, but Neelesh keeps his calm, and asks her to gather courage to speak the truth as they were true and pure and moreover they were left with no other option to save their lives.
Natrang actors who acted in the play included Abhinav Sharma, Sumit Raina, Sameena Kousar and Brighu Sharma. Lights were designed by Shivam Singh and executed by Neeraj Kant whereas music was rendered by Meenakshi Bhagat. The show was presented by Sushant Singh Charak and coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
