The Azad Bansuri Children Theatre Festival is being organised at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium which is evoking a good response by the theatre buffs of the city. On the second day of the fest two plays - Neel Vidroh and Anmol Ratan were staged on Tuesday. A huge crowd of theatre buffs were seen at the hall watching the talented tiny tots of the city performing tremendously well.
The plays ‘Neel Vidroh’ directed by Sushrut Gupt and ‘Anmol Ratan by directed by Richa Tiwari were staged. The first play Neel Vidroh is all about the farmers’ struggles during the British rule. The Britishers then started to divide the farmers in the name of class and religion, caste and creed. later when the people began to realize the actual conspiracy woven by the Britishers, they began to revolt against the Bristish even Mahatma Gandhi was also the part of the revolt.
According to the director, “One does not need a fully written script with the children when it comes to children’s theatre. Every time you get the new expressions and every time it is a new challenge.” The second play Anmol Ratan is a story by Munshi Premchand. The story begins on a soothing note, where a young man Dilfigar falls for the princess of the kingdom at Arab Dilfareb. He confesses his love for her and then the princess in turn keeps a condition before Dilfigar to win her love. She asks him to get the most precious gem of the world.
After accepting the challenge, Dilfigar begin his journey and after returning back twice, he travels to India. He discovered that people are fighting for the freedom and suddenly a young boy turns to him with a sword asking who was he. Dilfigar answers that he is a traveler, the boy tells him to sit on a handful land as the rest of the land is captured by the traitors. Saying this he dies. Dilfigar realizes his love for the country and collects his blood in a bottle to which the princess gave a positive response and says love for the country is the most precious gem for any individual. The touching message in both the plays and wonderfully presented on stage enthralled the audiences. The theatre-goers were mesmerized to watch such an effort put up by the children.