A poetic play ‘Hum Zinda Hai’ based on the poems by Gajannan Madhav Muktibodh was brilliantly performed at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium. The play was performed here on Thursday.
Directed by Nazeer Qureshi the play was performed by the artists of Karvaan Theatre Group, Bhopal. The play was a poetic presentation of as many as 30 poems by Muktibodh. The play was brilliantly directed by weaving each poem lyrically and in context with the contemporary situation.
It is to be noted that the play was staged at Shaheed Bhavan auditorium to mark the death anniversary of the poet which is on September 11.
The play defined the situations prevailing in current society and beautifully weaved them with the writings of Muktibodh. Staged in contemporary style, the play was adorned with a unique background score that added life to the presentation.
Dressed in black and red attire, the artists managed to impress the audience with their performance. While talking about the play, director Nazeer Qureshi said, “For past one year we are preparing for the play and after many changed finally the play was staged.”
Prior to the play, a session on the personality of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was held. Senior poet Pawan Karan and writer Rajesh Joshi threw light on the personality of Muktibodh.
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was one of the most prominent Hindi poets, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writers of the 20th century.
He is widely considered one of the pioneers of modern poetry in India. Muktibodh was born in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. He started out as an important poet who has marked a experimentalism movement in Hindi literature.