Natsamrat is one of the celebrated plays of theatre industry. The play will observe its silver jubilee on Tuesday. The play will be staged for the 25th time on Tuesday at Sagar.
Talking about the play Natsamrat, director Jayant Deshmukh and actor Alok Chatterjee interacted with the media persons here on Monday. Deshmukh said that Natsamrat is one of the best Marathi plays ever written. Directed by a renowned playwright and set designer in Bollywood Jayant Deshmukh, the play was written by Vi Va Shirvadkar in Marathi and is translated in Hindi by Sacchinand Joshi. The play narrates the story of Ganpat Belwalkar who has seen a golden era of his career suddenly faces the darkness of failures. The play will be presented 25th time by Ekrang Thetare troupe. Alok Chatterjee will play the protagonist of the play. The story of the play revolves around the amazing yet painful journey of a theatre actor ‘Ganpat Belwalker’. Once a great drama actor experiences what he never expected. His life kept some more drama in store for him. As he is retired now, he is at home all the time and so faces troubles in connecting with his children. His daughter-in-law created ruckus every now and then. His son supports his wife, daughter is not really happy with his retirement.
His children turn against him. But, in all the trials Ganpat’s wife Kaveri stand by him. His life takes a tragic turn and all the struggle ends with his death.