The theatre lovers of the city witnessed the hidden heroism in women ‘Agnisambhava’ which was staged here on Friday at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan.
Directed and performed by Niti Shrivastava, the play was all about the unfulfilled dreams, wishes of a woman. It also focuses on the struggle faced by a woman in her life in terms of making decisions, in terms of facing the society and in terms of having confusion whether to listen to heart or to her mind.
The play also wonderfully describes that how the society ruins a woman’s identity just to prove its power and supremacy.
Play Agnisambhava was a solo act played by a renowned theatre artiste of the city Niti Shrivastava.
The play began with introducing the court of Hastinapur, on stage with throne of Raja Dhitarashtra, one side Pandavas and the other side Kauravas and in middle the board game. Darupadi enters the empty court addressing the audience with a song.
Interestingly, the stage craft of this play was colourful and pleasing to the eyes. It was symbolic and beautifully represented each and every character come to live as they were not there.
In scene one as Draupadi enters the stage she describes about herself and narrates her whole life. From being a pretty princess how she was forced to marry the pandava brothers. She described how she was insulted in front of the whole court and how seeing her humiliation lord Krishna comes to save her dignity.
At the end, Draupadi while addressing the audience says that the status of women is similar in every street of the country. She says that in today’s world there is no lord Krishna to come and save her life and so the woman should act like a hero for herself.
While talking to The Pioneer, Niti said, “This is my dream play and I thought that I could bring the emotions live on stage that is why I chose to do this role. Another reason was that I wanted to give a message that women today are not weak and can stand up for herself.” Interestingly, the whole production is done by female artists i.e. from stage craft to acting which was another interesting fact of the play.