A Hindi play Badnaam log was staged on the second day of the Hasya Natya Samaroh at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan.
Directed by Sumit Diwedi the play was presented by the artists of Sankalp theater group, Bhopal on Friday.like the first play of the fest Khilchi Ke Daant, this play is also a satirical comedy which directly focuses on the elite class of the society. It further, presents a negative face of the public servants including the police, politicians and more. Moreover, it also gives a blur of the awful condition of the country, as many of the eligible youngsters are unemployed because of which they involve in wrong doings. Or many of them are misused by the elite class in some way or the other.
Similarly, this play revolves around four youngsters, Jaggu, Jumman, Johnny and Chameli. Politicians use them to create riots in rallies by paying them; police use them to give false statements and a reputed business man Dhanna Seth use them as captors of girls for his satisfaction. Belonging to different religions, four of them lived under one roof, but being unemployed they have been involved in the wrong doings and corrupting the society.
On the order of Dhanna Seth they abduct a girl named Mohini as she insulted him in public. So to take revenge from Mohini, Dhanna Seth abducts her from the market place. So as per the instructions, Johnny, Jaggu and Jumman abduct her. Mohini was a principled young girl and always sides the right. After spending a course of time with Mohini, a hidden truth was revealed that Mohini and Jaggu are lost brother sister. As the play takes twists and turns, all three of them leave the wrong doings and so under a conspiracy they were arrested by the police. Here Mohini questions the audience that who is culprit, the young unemployed person or the eliteIJ The play begin with a market scene where all four of them con a person in a comic way.
Giving the touch of filmy treatment, the play had many comic situations making the audience laugh at some satirical dialogues. Moreover, the lighting effect added zeal in the presentation.
