Sometimes, a man lives in his self created world as much as he lives in the real world. But, then what happens when he cannot differentiate between the two worldsIJ Nadira Zaheer Babbar’s celebrated play ‘Dayashankar Ki Diary’ enthralled the theatre buffs of the city on third day of 36th anniversary of Bharat Bhavan.
Here on Thursday, the Antarang Hall of Bharat Bhavan was jam packed to watch the solo play Dayashankar Ki Diary. This play is written and directed by Nadira Zaheer Babbar and shares the life of a common man. This play has life of every other individual in bits and pieces. A sheer masterpiece, Dayashankar Ki Diary enchanted the Bhopal theatre lovers of the city.
Dayashankar Ki Diary is a dramatized memoir of a small town man who comes to Mumbai to become a Bollywood star. Overwhelmed with a sense of rejection and humiliation, Dayashankar spins a cocoon of fantasies in which he ultimately gets entangled.
Dayashankar lives in his world, where fantasies and realities merge till the point they become inseperable. Every time he walks towards his dreams and tries to fulfil them he realises that he has been rejected. At the end he becomes habitual with this day tpo day humiliation and rejection, thus he creates a totally different world of his imagination around him.
Dayashankar spins a web of fantasies to shield himself from the reality. He spins and spins this web in which he himself ultimately gets entangled and looses control. The play threw light on various such intriguing questions and most importantly provides an insight into the fantastic happenings of the human mind.
The play was beautifully performed that made the audience glued to their seats.
The evening was well spent by the theatre buffs as they witnessed the life stories from Dayashankar Ki Diary.