Highlighting the hardships of the common man, a comedy play — Baap Re Baap — was staged here on Tuesday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium. Marking the third day of a comedy theatre festival 9th Complete Theatre Festival the play presented the different phases in his daily life. Directed by Ravi Shankar Joshi, the play was spontaneously presented by the artists of Rangrupiya Theatre Group, Indore.
Man is greedy for money and would do any possible thing to get it. Through this play the theatre buffs were made to think about one of the loop holes in the administration system of the country ‘Unemployment’. Not only this, but the play also showcased that how an individual is compelled to do undesired things.
The script of the play was based on a middle class Bhatnagar family. The eldest member of the family ‘Babuji’ Badrinath Bhatnagar somehow goes missing and the search for Babuji formed rest of the story, ensuing hilarious events. The curtain opens, introducing the daughter-in-law of the family Meenu. She has a habit of forgetting things. Moreover, she is always interested in clubbing and partying. One day Badrinath tells her that he is going out of station for few days. Eventually she forgets that his father-in-law is moving out of station to visit his friend. The family comes under illusion that he went missing, search now begin to find him. The family advertises in the newspaper and announces Rs 5000 as a prize amount.
People greedy for money, brings duplicates and demand for the prize amount. The play created hilarious atmosphere. At the climax finally the real father appears and the play ended with comical scenario.
The play also highlights that people have forgotten the significance of relationships in their life. This way they have become selfish. This play highlighted all the tragic situations of an individual’s life and was presented creating the entertaining incidents.
Audiences enjoyed the play whole heartedly. The audience were mesmerised with the performance of the artists and the hall was filled with their laughter.