A Hindi play ‘Raktbeej’ was staged at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Friday. The play was performed under the regular drama series ‘Abhinayan’.
The play was directed by Karamveer Singh Rajput. The play Raktbeej is a masterpiece by Shankar Shesh. The play deals with the ghosts inside all humans who want to achieve or attain everything, irrespective of the price, even if it means trampling on the dreams and sensitivity of one’s partners.
The play revolves around a young clerk. Now this clerk wants to make personal contact with his boss for the promotion of his job. For this purpose, he plans to use his wife and asks her to call his boss at their home. His wife initially hesitates to become part of this scheme, but later agreed.
Clerk's wife is related to the boss in the long run. The complex situation, interdependence and compulsion resulting from these relationships enters their life in the form of suicide of the clerk's wife. The clerk does not hesitate to successfully climb the corporate ladder and blackmail the boss. Thus, he becomes absorbed from exploitation. In mythology, ‘Raktbeej’ symbolises a demon that has the ability to multiply whenever his blood drops on the ground, in short, evil begets evil. At present, the demonic attitude of man to use anyone for his progress and fame is also increasing within man. This was presented through the play Raktbeej.
In the drama today's extensive surroundings, Raktbeej have been identified. In the drama, it has been told that how people use others to advance and to succeed. Not only this, they also put their loved ones at stake. Human weakness has been shown in drama. The need is to find out the reasons for this murder or suicide. This is also the essence of this play. In drama, an attempt was done to clarify this through the events occurring in the society everyday with great beauty.