In the Chhattisgarhi folk dance style, 'Lorik Chanda' was staged in Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Friday.
The play was oerfotmed under the weeklt series of drama Abhinayan. The play was directed by Eamadhar Sahu. The play revolvws around its hero named Lorik and the heroine named Chanda. Chanda's marriage happened at a very young age. When she is older, she learns that her husband has leprosy. So she lives in her maternal house.
She learns about a young man called Lorik and that he is very attractive. On the other hand, when Lorik goes to the market, he is encompasses by all the women in the market who does not let him go home. In the meanwhile,
Chanda tells her maid that she wants to meet Lorik. So her maid makes a lot of efforts to bring Lorik to Chanda.
When Lorik and Chanda met, they stsrt playing chess and makes a bet that whosoever will loose he or she will complete the dare given by tbe winner.
In the meantime, Lorik's wife and Chanda had a fight with each other. In this way a few days pass, and Lorik and Chanda are in love with each other.
Ultimately, they decide that they will not live in this objective world and go somewhere else to live their new world. On the same note, 'Lorik Chanda' theatrical presentation ends in Chhattisgarh's folk drama style. The running time for this presentation was approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.