A drama, ‘Chandalika,’ wooed the theatre buffs of the city with spectacular performance.
The play was staged at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Friday under its regular theatre series Abhinayan. Directed by Archana S Kumar, the play was wonderfully performed by the artists of Rang Triveni theatre troupe, Bhopal.
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