A light-hearted comedy, Hey Rama Aatma Rama, was staged here on Monday at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan. The play was staged on the opening day of the 24th Iftekhar Theatre Festival ‘Yaadien’ organised by Iftekhar Cricket Academy, Bhopal. Directed by a noted playwright of the city, Ashok Bulani, the play is written by Sharad Sadashiv Joshi. The play was wonderfully presented by Rang Samuh Theatre Group, Bhopal.
The play is about a story of a middle class family. The husband and wife were planning a day out and were just about to leave the house. As they were all set to go, a man in disguise of a yogi enters their home. As he was a yogi the couple could not say no to him but had to serve him.The yogi performs some rites for removing the negativities in the house. As he finished with the procedure, he leaves for a long journey on a pilgrimage but a twist was waiting for the couple.
As soon as the yogi leaves the house some unreal but hilarious incidents began to happen with the couple. Weird things were taking place around them and they were unknown to all of them.Soon they discovered that the yogi has by mistake left his body while completing the procedure and went for the pilgrimage journey. Now this body becomes a headache for the couple as it was a body without soul which is considered to be dead.
As the story moves various hilarious incidents take place which led the couple to face various problems. The involvement of police also led to some hilarious situations in the play.
While talking about the play, Ashok Bulani said, “This play was staged just for mere fun. There is no social message behind it and was just staged to make the audience laugh and take a break from their stressful schedule for a while.” Elaborating further he informed that this play was staged 15 years back and it is staged now.The matured acting skills and the correct timings of comical situations made the audience laugh their hearts out.