The sagacious tale of revolution of freedom in 1857 was baeautifully narrated through a Hindi play 'Kartoos 1857 Kranti'. The play was staged at Shaheed Bhavan on Friday under Janyodha Natya Samaroh.
The play was directed by Dinesh Nayar. The narrator talks about the sacrifices and bravery of the revolutionaries.
The 1 hour 55-minute drama played in a swang style has 15 characters onstage, who play different characters by staying on stage the whole time.
It was shown in the play that the movement against the atrocities of the British started with the cartridge of a gun. The military rebellion reaches Awadh with the masses.
The main hero is the common boy of 1857 era who was 12 years old at that time and when the massacre takes place on the day of Baisakhi on 13 April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh the child took the soil soaked with the blood of the martyrs. Taking an oath for liberation from the British, narrates the story of the days of his 1857 struggle.
People's rebellion against British tyranny in the play, Nana Saheb's meeting, military revolt in Meerut cantonment, Rani Laxmi Bai, Tatya Tope, masquerade of common people making fun of British, Sanyasi rebellion of 1763 in the story, followed by farmers, weavers Scenes like the revolt of the British, tribes, native platoons and so on were included. The play was wonderfully staged leaving the audience mesmerised.