A play on victory of good over evil ‘Khubsurat Bala’ marked the concluding day of the seven-day theatre festival ‘Pappu Se Pappa Tak’ at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium, here on Sunday.
Khubsurat Bala is an Urdu play written by a noted and distinguished Urdu playwright and dramatist Agha Hashar Kashmiri. According to some theatre critics Agha Hashar Kahmiri is called as Indian Shakespeare. His dramas and plays holds significance as most of them were Indian Shakespearean adaptations.
Directed by veteran Bollywood actor and founder of Nazar Group Ahmed Khan, the play was splendidly performed by the artists of Nazar Group, Bhopal.
The play surrounds the story of a kingdom where the aunt of the prince ‘Shamshah’ wants to kill him before he succeeds his father’s throne. Shamshah tries all the tricks to kill her nephew and her brother (the king) as well, but an honest and a reliable servant to the king Tariq and his wife Tahira save the prince form the evil plan of his aunt. As the whole story revolve around the fight for succeeding the throne of the kingdom, the play also share the essence of love, tragedy, and comedy and drama genre as well.
The characters gave a wonderful performance leaving the audience mesmerized. The theatre-goers enjoyed the show as the play was in Urdu language. As many as 20 artists played on stage who successfully managed to maintain the interest of the audience. Further, the colourful costumes and huge backdrop with the sensible use of lighting effect added more zeal in the presentation.
There were little segments of situational comedy in between the play. Further, the audiences burst out laughing as the situational comedy was presented before them. Before the play, a short film by Pankaj Shrivastava and Punit Shrivastava ‘Paani Kahan GayaIJ’ was also screened before the audiences