Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Mar, 28
10th Natrang Theatre Festival, a festival of 4 plays opened here today at Natrang Studio Theatre, Jammu with the presentation Hindi play ‘Sabse Bada Aadmi’ written by Bhagwati Charan Verma and directed by Neeraj Kant. Because of the subtle unfolding of the events, it captured the attention of the audience who apparently enjoyed the performance. Natrang is organising a Theatre Festival of four plays every month since last eleven months in commemoration with the celebrations of 35 eventful years of Natrang. In his welcome address, Natrang Director Balwant Thakur informed that Natrang has already created a record in the country by showcasing 40 major different plays by the same group in a period of eleven months. He complimented all actors, directors and technicians of Natrang associated with the holding of such historic Natrang Theatre Festivals. Natrang has not only provided the audience a chance to witness the different plays of highly social & artistic relevance but also has added to their creative and intellectual repository by staging the literary works of the most celebrated writers of the world.
The play opens at a restaurant where different people have gathered to have tea. They have their own opinions about their role models and also have their strong submissions that who is the biggest person of the world. Where one person has a firm view that ‘Napoleon’ was the strongest and no doubt the biggest man of the world the other person contradicts that It was ‘Shelly’ who was much above the others as he gave the world a new dimension by his poetry. Suddenly they both were contradicted by another person for whom the only biggest person in the world is ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ who has enlightened the world by his ideology of peace and non-violence.
But yet another person was the staunch follower of’ Lenin’ who rejects the supremacy of anyone but just his hero.
Their debate soon takes the shape of the altercation, a little less than fight but a new person enters the restaurant and diffuses the situation. He was with everyone yet with no one. He praised all the discussed legends differently without offending the critics. He spoke very well but the discussion reaches nowhere. At last he announces that indeed he is the biggest man of the world which all of them will agree once he leaves. Everyone mocks at him for his self praise and he leaves unnoticed but to the surprise of all, that person was a crook who had cut the pockets of all and made them look stupid in their own eyes.
The actors of the play included Abhinav Sharma, Sushant Singh Charak, Sumit Raina, Udit Sagar, Bhrigu Sharma, Chahat Katyal, Manoj Kumar Lalotra and Kuldeep Angral. Ajay Kumar Lalotra rendered the lights and the music was scored by Aarti Devi. Vanshika Gupta presented the show before the audience and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
On the second day of Natrang Theatre Festival, a comedy play ‘Lottery Ka Ticket’ will be presented under the direction of Neeraj Kant.
