A Hindi play ‘Jiyo Ashfaque Jiyo’ showcasing the life of Ashfaque Ullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil and other revolutionaries was staged at Shaheed Bhavan. The play was performed here on Wednesday leaving the audience enthralled.
The sacrifices of revolutionaries during freedom fight were narrated to the Bhopalites. Various untimely aspects of heroism of Ashfaullah Khan and his fellow revolutionaries were seen in the drama.
The play was directed by Sanjay Garg. It is to be noted that Ashfaqullah Khan was one of the revolutionaries who fought fearlessly with the British along with Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.
The play showcased about Kakori Train Conspiracy. On August 9 1925, Khan and other revolutionaries, looted the train carrying British government money in Kakori near Lucknow. To give a fillip to their movement Kakori conspiracy and buy arms and ammunation to carry out their activities, the revolutionaries organised a meeting on August 8 1925 in Shahjahanpur. After a lot of deliberations it was decided to loot the government treasury carried in the trains.
Actor and director of the drama Sanjay said that even before the performances of Ashfaque Ullah Khan, there have been performances, but in the presentation of this time, they have made attempts to incorporate some events and incidents in a new way. When Ashfaq Ulla Khan was hanged on December 19, 1927, he wore new clothes, spread perfume on them and was hanged by neck on rope and the freedom of India and martyred. The purpose of preparing drama on such great revolutionaries is to pay tribute to them in the right sense.
The play was well performed and the audience liked the play a lot.