A play 'Nepthey Mein Shakuntala' was staged at Ravindra Bhavan auditorium on Saturday.
The play was directed by Manoj Nair and was beautifully performed by the artists of Shadow Theatre Group. The play was staged under the Gamak series organised by Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum.
Every man considers himself superior, and wants results beyond his abilities, escapes from present abilities in search of the superiority, dissatisfied with everything, shows the personality of one such pessimistic actor. The story revolves around a theatre actor 'Manav' and how he deals with his self douts.
An actor named Manav, is playing a small character in the play Shakuntala, but dissatisfied with that character decides to flee the play on the same day. Before leaving, he stops and sleeps there, after collecting the property of backstage. All the characters of the play, deer, bumblebee, fish, lion, who helped Shakuntala and Dushyant meet again appears in his dream. They explain Manav about the human tendency in a unique way. They explain the power hidden inside and makes him feel positive, exposing these ongoing events in the play Nepthy mein Shakuntala.
The Shadow Group was founded in 2001 as a symbol of the new possibilities of experimentation, breaking out of the ongoing tradition of theater and stilted bimbo, as the most difficult genre of acting for its color expression. It is the only group in Madhya Pradesh to work and experiment in this genre.
It has retained a series of lectures, workshops and demonstrations not only in Madhya Pradesh but also in different parts of the country. The country's premier color organizing speakers, McKay, N. Tpc M Pra Natya Vidyalaya, K.R. R. Narayan has made his point known to the public through his annual event along with film Institut, NIFT, Kala Ghoda Mumbai, Rangadhar Natya Samaroh, Iftekhar Natya Samaroh.