A classic play ‘Gabar Ghichor’, written by ‘Shakespeare of Bhojpuri’ Bhikari Thakur was staged at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhawan here on Monday marking the fifth day of a seven-day concert, ‘Bihar Mahotsava’.
The genre of the play was emotional and presented in a musical form by the artists of The Fact and Art and Cultural Society, Begusarai, Bihar. It was directed by Praveen Kumar Gunjan. Interestingly, it was written 50 years back.
The play begins with Natak Mandali that narrates a story to the audience of a woman whose husband leaves her in village to test his destiny in town. She lives with her 15 year old son in the village.
20 years later, her husband meets a person of his village comes to know that he has 15-year-old son. He soon goes back to village to take his son. But destiny had something else for him, as he reaches his home, he finds another man claiming that he is Gabar Ghichor’s father. This case reached Panchayat and the Panchas of the village were confused whom to believe and whom not to believe as both the men had logical reasons to be claimed as Gabar Ghichor’s father. The story was all about parents fighting for their identities in their son’s life.
Sets, costume, light and live music were used aptly. Mathili and Bhojpuri dialects were used in play. Some comedy punches were also used to give comic relief to the audience. Khushboo Kumari, lalbabu kumar, Chandan Kumar Vats, Sandeep Kumar, Awadh Kumar Thakur, Sulchond Pundit and Abhijeet Kumar.
“Gabar Ghichor’ is Bhojpuri slung which means a person who have to father. It talks about the agony and struggle of women in male dominated society. She fights for her rights till the end of play. The play was written just after independence but still the condition of women didn’t change. Various show of this play has been done but first tme staged in Bharat Bhawan”, said Gunjan, director of play.