Two plays “Tathasthu” and “Haye Mera Dil” marked the second day of Bhopal National Theatre and Poetry Festival 2020. The plays were staged at Ravindra Bhavan on Tuesday.
Girls are not a curse but a boon to the society. With this message the Hindi play ‘Tathastu’ was staged. Directed by KG Trivedi, the play was performed by the artists of Trikarshi Theatre Group, Bhopal.
The play was all about ‘Save girl child’. The play begins with introducing a joint family with two beautiful daughters, their parents and grandpa.
The grandpa never loves his grand daughters and always wanted a grandson to play with, to enjoy with and the one who can take the generation forward. But, the protagonist of the play i.e. his son disagrees to the fact. He believes that the girls are equivalent to boys.
A major fight happens in the family and grandpa only wanted a grandson but no other option helped him.
To teach him a lesson, his son and daughter-in-law play trick saying that his son is expecting a good news. The eventful situations that arise to make grandpa realise the actual place of a daughter in home and society formed rest of the story.
The hilarious fillers by other characters were also well received by the audience. In a very comic manner, the intense concept was explained to the audience.
Next was a comedy play ‘Haye Mera Dil’ was staged. Directed by Jagdish Sharma, the play was performed by the artists of Anveshan Theatre troupe of Sagar.
The story of the play revolves around a man ‘Madan’ Now Madan is a big time prey of hallucinations and false notions. He belifs whatever bad and dangerous is happening around him is just happening for him.
Under a fake notion that he will die soon, he worries about his wife. He starts planning to get his wife married to one of his colleagues Mohan. The twists and turns brings his fake notion to a comic end.