Romantic but frustrated groom, simpleton yet possessive aunt, the flirtatious and flattering village youth and the caricature of an ox together created a whirl of laughter.
The theatre buffs of the city laughed their hearts out while watching the play ‘Khubsurat Bahu’. The play was performed on Friday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium observing the third day of comedy theatre festival.
The play was directed by Rajiv Ayachi and was wonderfully performed by Yuva Natya Manch, Damoh.
‘Khubsurat Bahu’ is a bilingual play which is written in Brij and Bundeli languages. It features the status of a daughter-in-law in a family which would be portrayed by showcasing the relationship between a husband and a wife. Besides, this play is a comedy genre theatrical drama.
The play is an adaptation of a story with the same name, written by a renowned writer Nag Bodas. It is a satirical comedy on the common superstitious beliefs and over exaggeration of little knowledge.
Based on the overestimation and submission of the beauty of a bride the play revolves around a family. Chachi is the head of the family. She is widowed in her young days and so loves her nephew a lot.
She wishes for a beautiful bride for her nephew Hari and finds a perfect match for him in Suman. Suman on the other hand is intelligent young beauty who lives in Dhaulpur.
Finally Chachi gets Hari and Suman married. As Suman enters her in-laws house Chachi tries to make friendly relationship between her and Suman which on the other hand disturbed Suman and Hari’s relationship. This was not all, but a flirt lakhan starts stocking Suman. To revenge lakahn’s act Hari stocks lakahan’s wife Basanti. On the other hand Basanti want to take revenge from Suman and everything falls as a mess. There was a strong role of an Ox in the play.
The light-heart comedy and brilliant performance by the artists made the audience enjoy the play a lot.