The magic of Munshi Premchand was recreated on stage by young theatre artists of the city. Two short stories by Premchand ‘Buddhi Kaki’ and ‘Idgah’ were performed at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Friday.
Directed by Ashish Shrivastava, the stories were performed under the Abhinayan series of drama held at tribal museum every Friday. Both the stories are considered to be the masterpieces of Munshi Premchand.
The story ‘Idgah’ depicts a very poor boy of 5 years of age, Hamid, who lives with his grandmother Amina. Hamid, the protagonist of the story, has lost his parents. His aged grandmother Amina fulfills their daily needs by doing some needle work for others. His grandmother told him that very soon, his parents will return home with lots of money, sweets and gifts for him from the house of the Almighty. He is full of hope and happily awaiting for that day.
The story begins on Eid morning, poor Hamid doesn’t have new clothes or shoes like other children. He has only three paise as Idi for the festival, to spend in a fair. His friends spend their pocket money on rides, candies and buying beautiful colourful clay toys. Hamid nixes this as a waste of money for momentary fun. While his friends are enjoying themselves, he overcomes his temptation and goes to a hardware shop to buy a tong. He remembers how his grandmother burns her hand while cooking chapattis.
