Bhopal

Play on Krishna's eternal love staged in city

Staff Reporter

The eternal friendship shared between lord Krishna and Sudama always remained an example of true friendship.This was seen in a Hindi play 'Saccha Mitra' staged here on Friday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium.Play Saccha Mitra is a Hindi play that depicted the journey of Krishna's and Sudama's friendship since their childhood.Directed by Saroj Sharma the play was staged by the tiny tots of the city. Further, the event was organized by Koshish Natya Sanstha, Bhopal.The play begins with the childhood days of lord Krishna and Sudama.During their childhood days Krishna and Sudama lived and studied together at Acharya Sandipan's ashram where they were taught different things about life.

As they lived together they became best of the friends forever.Though lord Krishna belonged to the royal family and was born to enjoy raas leelas and later on become a leader, on the other hand, Sudama was a poor Brahman.He was not similar to lord Krishna in any way but even this did not hinder their friendship.The two were inseparables all the way through the tenure of their schooling while in Vrindavan.The play showcased various incidents of their life and eternal friendship.One of them was that once they went to forest to collect brushwood. Krishna was hungry but Sudama felt ashamed to offer food from his pack.Though Krishna was telling Sudama how hungry he was yet Sudama remained silent. later Sudama saw a small boy starving for food; he quickly gave food from his packet to him.

Krishna notices it all but remained silent. Krishna already knew that Sudama has some food with him.Similar small-small incidents were staged at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium by little actors leaving the audience enthralled.While talking about the play to The Pioneer, director Saroj Sharma said, "A month long children theatre workshop was organized by Koshish. Under the workshop, the children were taught about the basics of theatre. This play was staged to conclude the workshop."The audience were mesmerized to watch the show as they could witness the little actors performing with so much of confidence.