The story of Eklavya was recreated on stage by the theatre artists that left the audience enthralled. The Hindi play Eklavya was staged at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Friday.
The play was staged under the regular series of theatre presentations Abhinayan. It is organised every Friday at the tribal museum. Directed by Neeraj Kundre, the play was beautifully presented by the artists of Indrawati theatre troupe, Siddhi.
Ekalavya is a character from the epic Mahabharata. He was a young prince of the Nishadha, a confederation of jungle tribes in ancient India. Ekalavya aspired to study archery in the gurukul of Guru Drona. Though he didn’t have his right thumb, he was noted as a very powerful archer and warrior. He is said to be a great friend of Duryodhan.
The play begins with the conversation between two narrators. It is a conversation about the great war of Mahabharata and how lord Krishna played a pivotal role in the war. Here enters another character named Jara who narrates the story of great archer Eklavya.
It is known to all that Eklavya wanted to be the student of Dronacharya and learn the art of archery.
Despite rejected by Dronacharya, Eklavya learnt the archery by self practice. His trust and faith in his guru was unbreakable and it reached a height where Eklavya sacrificed his thumb to his teacher.
Despite not having a thumb, Eklavya is known to be best archers till now. The artists created an ambiance of enjoyment.
As the play was adorned with beautiful light design and music and dance moves, it added zest in the presentation.