Bhopal

A play on social evils at Tribal Museum

Staff Reporter

A Hindi play ‘Raakh Se Uda Panchi’ was staged at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum on Thursday.

The play was organised by Tribal Folk Art and language Development Academy in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. Directed by a young playwright of the city Siddharth Dabhade, the play was beautifully performed by the artists of Trikarshi theatre troupe, Bhopal.

The play focused on the superstitious beliefs of people. It also highlighted the pain, grief and struggle of those who do not even get a single bread of the day. The social evils like hunger, unemployment and poverty were highlighted in this play.

The young artists when teamed up with the young director gave this play an entirely different look on stage.

Wondrously performed, the plot of the play revolved around people working in the crematorium.

The play tells the story of a very poor family. The head of the family works as a crematorium employee. Dreaming blissful future for his children, he works hard. But, what his destiny store for him is beyond his dreams. For days they have nothing to eat. The family suffers poverty and then there is happy news for them; someone dies. The heart melting concept of the play made the theatre buffs emotional. The little artists gave scintillating performance on stage and the entire drama work was much appreciated by the audience.