Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Dec, 03
Natrang stages Balwant Thakur’s highly acclaimed Children’s play ‘Aap Humare Hai Kaun’ in the National Children Theatre Festival held at the historic Baan Theatre, Tezpur, Assam. Organised by North East Centre of National Academy of Music Dance and Drama, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India, This festival entitled ‘Bal Natya Samaroh’ featured a national seminar, a festival of folk performances and a festival of Children Theatre which featured eight plays representing best of India’s Children theatre. The festival concluded with Natrang’s presentation ‘Aap Humare Hain Kaun’ which was enlivened by 17 young performers on stage who vibrated the historic Baan Theatre with their magnificent performance.
These young performers had a wonderful time who flew all way from Jammu to Guwahati and had the occasion to witness diverse range of presentations which featured in this unique National Event.
‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun was created by Balwant Thakur in the process of evolving a new dramaturgy for children’s theatre.
The resultant work got recognition all over the country and the play has the credit of having featured in over twenty National Theatre festival and has been lauded as one of the most outstanding children play created in India.
The play Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’ shakes parents, education ists/guard ians of society out of reverie of materialism, consumerism and unbridled desires.
This play compels elders to look around and clear the mess they have created due to their own amorous ambitions and rat race. Parents see in their children an extension of their unfulfilled dreams and force them to become stereotypes and kill the bountiful charm in them. In a pursuit to make them top professionals, doctors, engineers and civil servants, they are subjected to every kind of cruelty. The children become mechanical and hardly get time to discover their real self. Prevalent educational system adds further insult to the injury and their creativity gets scuttled and children grow up devoid of values.
Play deals with contemporary problems that younger generation is up against from their own loved ones and surroundings. Tall claims and big concerns of parents, relations, and educationists are being questioned by the younger generation… ‘Aap Hamare Hain Kaun’
The children who performed brilliantly and won the hearts of Tezpur theatre lovers included Agam Kaur, Vedhant Suri, Rudra Kohli, Vrinda Sharma, Sanket, Sushant Singh Charak, Vrinda Gujral, Saanvi Anand, Mihir Gujral, Kushaan Baliya, Soujanya Shekhar, Sanchita, Sumedha Manhas, Riya Jandial, Gopi Sharma, Asma Gul and Aarti Devi.
