Play 'Platform' was staged at the Nayeeka State level theatre festival at Baleswar with rave reviews from the audience. The actors of the Panchadhwani Natya Parishad, a Bhubaneswar-based theatre institution, were at their best.
Pradeep Pradhan dons the role of Kanhu, the protagonist. He dominates each scene he appears. Kanhu is abandoned at a platform. Though the station master gets him admitted to an Ashram school, forgetting the platform is not possible on his part. He returns to the platform and charms the people with his flute. Sushama Devi, a patient, falls in love with Kanhu's flute. Their mother-son relationship is named illicitly. Sushama Devi against her wish leaves the platform promising Kanhu that she will return. When Kanhu realises she would never come, he commits suicide. His suicide note reads one mother leaves him at the platform without any promise. Another mother promises her return but doesn't come. Platform and life both develop relationships but are of temporary in nature.
The play written in the sixties by noted playwright Purusottam Bhuyan has all the ingredients to have its audience engaged even today. The brilliance of Deepti Ranjan Das's direction is seen to be believed.
The second edition of three- day festival at the Gandhismruti Bhawan, Baleswar, witnessed Purusottam's three plays. "Tathapi Nila Pandita" was the inaugural play by the host, Nayeeka, a Baleswar - based theatre institution. On the second and third evening, "Platform" and "Swapana Purusha" were staged by Panchadhwani Natya Parishad, Bhubaneswar, and Panchapattamali Natya Mahotsav, Damonjodi, respectively.