Jaishankar Prasad's masterpiece 'Kamayani' was presented beautifully on stage at Shadow Theatre auditorium here on Saturday. The play was held under Shadow Box Theatre Festival.
The play was directed by Manoj Nair ans written by Jai Shankar Prasad.
The story of 'Kamayani' begins with the Holocaust. Manu, the only man left after the flood, is sitting on a peak in the Himalayas watching the destruction with sad eyes.
That is when the first lady of the world, Shraddha, arrives there. She encourages desperate Manu for new life and karma.
The two together make new ones. Falling in the direction of the Asura priests, instead of creating manu, the focus of manu is on the instincts of hunting, sacrifice, sacrifice and sura. After this, Manu meets another woman, Ida, the representative of the intellect, and together they develop a new Saraswat region through their work force.
The subjects, agriculture and the state, everything, are flourishing under the leadership of Manu and Ida, but due to pride he behaves like a suzerain and tries to get Ida as well.
On the other hand, Shraddha and Manu's son Manav has grown up. With his mother, he has gone to find the father. At one place, injured, unconscious father Manu is found.
Manu still wants to flee, Eda gets ready to take over the responsibility of son and governance and Manu goes to austerity towards the Himalayas with reverence.
The play was beautifully performed leaving the audience mesmerised.