The third day was marked by a sponteneous performance of play 'Chandalika'. The play was performed at Ravindra Bhavan here on Wednesday.
The play was directed by Usha Kanwal.
Omkar Singh Markam, Minister of Tribal Affairs Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh also attended the program. He was honored by the University Registrar, Vijay Singh by presenting memento.
Usha Ganguly said that few changes were made in the play to make it relevent with current situation. The basis of Chandalika's performance is the cycle of life which also includes the misbehavior happening with nature. The play also highlights the relationship between mother and daughter and many untouchable subjects of society.
This presentation of 1 hour and 20 minutes touched many aspects of life, about which Gururdev Rabindranath Tagore wrote.
The play performed well with the performers and the music convention. The play is slightly adapted from the original, retaining the original essence to captivate the audience. The use of Hindustani language works to touch the heart.
The drama narrates the tragedy of ‘untouchability’ in the country. The play is an adaptation from Rabindranath Tagore’s work, ‘Chandalika’ based on a story from a Buddhist text.
This kind of discrimination between the urban and rural community has given an opportunity to the rise of exploitation and agitation among the people. It is a Bengali drama by Rabindranath Tagore focuses on this issue and a stern step took by a poor untouchable girl ‘Prakrati’.
The play focuses on Prakrati on stage and she seems upset and demean. Suddenly the follower of Gautam Budh ‘Ananda’ appears before her and asks for some water to drink. She tells him of being an untouchable, but Ananda treats her as a normal human being.
Being captivated towards him and rejected Prakriti compels her mother to cast a magic spell on him. In the meanwhile, Prakriti’s heart goes through a change and realizing her follies she asks her mother to take back the spell on the cost of her mother’s life. She and her mother ask forgiveness from Ananda and he welcomes them in Buddhism.
The play followed the emotions of a human nature. While showing the conflict of love in its varied forms, the play showed the desolate reality of the society disparity, prejudice, exploitation and the universal search for love and happiness.
The audiences were awestruck by the performance of the artists. It was a mass treat for the audiences to watch the drama Chandalika with such beautiful performance.