A collage of four plays ‘Stitch’ was staged before the art lovers of the city here on Monday.
The plays were performed at Dushyant Kumar Pandulipi Sanghralaya by the artists of Kirti Ballet and Performing Arts and Chaitanya Socio Cultural Society. The performance was a part of the conclusion of a 20 day theatre workshop that held at Utkal Bhavan.
The play Stitch comprised of four plays including Sadat Hassan Manto’s Ram Khilawan, Harishankar Parsai’s Torch Bechne Wale, Uday Prakash’s Dibiya and Harman Sandman’s Tumhari Mujrim.
The play began with the story of ‘Ram Khilawan’. It is a story of a washer man RamKhilawan who works for a Muslim couple in India. After the partition when the couple decides to move to Pakistan, Salim go to Ram to take their cloths. But on his way some people including Ram hit Salim. later Ram realizes his mistake apologies for it to his master.
The second play Torch Bechne Wale is a story of two friends who tries to spread light in the society in their own manner. One friend starts to sell torches on the city streets whereas another friend spreads education in the society especially moral knowledge. later the friend who used to sell torch realizes that only true knowledge can spread light in the society so he also begin to spread awareness among the people.
The third play is all about the innocence of a small child. The story revolves around a child who wants to capture the sunlight into his small box. He feels that he has the sunlight in the box and keeps the box with him all his life.
The fourth and the last play is a story of two friends who depart at a point of time. One friend loses his wife and after few years he meets his departed friend. This showcases the depth of their friendship and how with the time it gets deeper.
The audience enjoyed the show whole heartedly. All the stories were presented beautifully leaving a great impact over the visitors.