A Hindi play Box was staged here on Wednesday at Antrang Hall, Bharat Bhavan. The play was staged on the second day of four-day theatre festival being conducted by Artists Welfare Association, Bhopal.
The play tells the story of people who live in their limited world and react to different situation accordingly. Written and Directed by Manoj Nair, this was the second show of the play presented by Shadow Group, Bhopal.
It is a compilation of three short stories narrating about the life of three different people. Use of strong narration by four female artists added more zeal in the presentation. It focuses on the fact that every individual needs to face hurdles in life to reach the destination.
“There is no such message in the play Box, but it is like getting face to face with one’s individuality,” said the director of the play Manoj Nair.
The play had a very strong beginning showing Yamraj taking away the life of a man and the man is pulling up his box along. This represents that even after death man does not leave his originality behind, says Nair.
The first story is all about childhood that shows that nowadays children are ruled by technology and competition.
They are not able to enjoy the childhood, but are always busy in competing with
one another.
The second story is a light hearted comedy and a satire over people who speak a lot and show-off as if he knows everything. This story is about a character Sharmaji who likes to show-off, but he does not have anything. The last story is about a flute player who plays the flute brilliantly, but when he gets a better job he leaves his passion behind and moves forward.
While talking to The Pioneer further about the play, Manoj Nair said, “It is said ‘Come Out Of Your Box’ and through this play we have tried to show different boxes which have kept people contracted in themselves. The boxes are Magical box, Dream box and Narrow box.”
The backdrop of the play was kept simple. The lighting and music was kept mild that added more enchantments in the performance.
The play was a delightful experience for the theatre-goers. A simple script yet interesting as it had impressive improvisation by Shadow group.