Two Hindi plays, ‘Mama Basawan’ and ‘Kharu Ka Khara Kissa,’ were splendidly staged at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium here on Monday.
The plays were performed as a part of the six day theatre festival ‘Navagat Theatre Fest’.
Mama Basawan is a story of a man who immensely love trees and nature. Directed by Mohit Jain from Morena, the play was staged by the students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD).
The play follows the story of a Bagheli folklore. Once, a king orders his soldiers to cut off a huge tree of the village. The tree was a hurdle in his developmental plan. Mama Basawan gets really hurt with this act.
To teach the king a lesson and to break his pride, Basawan disguises himself as a Demigod. He tries to destroy king’s family, but when the prince calls him ‘Mama’, he stops the destruction. Hence, he was named as ‘Mama Basawan’.