Marking the first day of Veerangna Theatre Festival, dance drama ‘Anukriti’ was beautifully performed on Monday at Shaurya Smarak open-air auditorium. The dance drama was directed by Suchitra Harmalkar.
Anukriti is a dance ballet based on women power. It shows how women from different orders of the society have left the world with no words by there courage and power.
The ballet starts with the worship of the Indian goddess durga. The sacrifice of rani padmini who preferred dyeing instead of surrendering her beauty to the evil king allaundin khilji is enacted, and then the story of the great follower of lord Krishna, Meera bai is shown through the media of beautiful dance.
The symbol of peace and serenity that is Ahilya bai holkar is remembered and worshiped and her story is narrated by charismatic mechanism of dance. ‘women can empower everything with her power’, this message is forwarded through the story of great leader Rani laxmi bai. In the end a salute is offered to the bharat mata who provides every Indian with things to fulfill there needs.
The dance drama was beautifully performed leaving the audience mesmerised.