Shadow Correspondent
jammu, Dec, 30:
On the third day of 8th Natrang Theatre Festival, Natrang presented ‘Zameen Ka Sawaal’ a play in Hindi by Partap Sehgal and directed by Neeraj Kant. The play was a hard hitting satire on the socio-political situation of the Country and carried a very relevant message which was very well received by the audience.
The play ‘Zameen Ka Sawaal’ opens in a trial room where a high level committee is enquiring about a very grim incident where five people at different locations were killed by sending letter-bombs.
‘Ranganathan’ a very senior scientist is accused of master-minding the crime as all the evidence were against him. Initially he does not admit having involved in the crime but when given a false news that his only son is also killed in the same manner, he breaks and with a deep agony in the heart, he admits his crime which he had committed to take revenge from all those who were responsible for hurdles in his growth and promotion.
Despite being the most outstanding and deserving scientist having dedicated entire life in research, he was denied his due recognition and promotion as it was granted to someone else who had a close proximity with the political hierarchy. This renders a harsh frustration in his mind, he asserts that only hard work and ability will take you nowhere in this system, where corruption and favouritism are deep-rooted.
The play very brilliantly says that those who do not have approach and recommendation may not be given higher positions but it does not mean that they are not talented enough.
Natrang’s artists who performed in the play included Udit Sagar, Sushant Singh Charak, Brighu Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Kuldeep Angral, Sumit Raina, Sameena Kousar, Aarti Devi and Shivam Sharma.
Lights were executed by Neeraj Kant whereas the sound was operated by Manoj Kumar Lalotra. Mohd. Yaseen coordinated the show and Ajay Lalotradid the presentations.
On the last day of 8th Natrang Theatre Festival of the year 2018, Apna Apna Dard will be presented at 5:30 pm at Natrang Studio Theatre, Jammu under the direction of Neeraj Kant.
