Observing the second day of Azad Bansuri theatre festival, two plays ‘August Kranti’ and ‘Buddhimaan Buddhuram.” The plays were staged at Shaheed Bhavan on Tuesday.
August Kranti was about freedom fighters who were a part of Quit India Moment, as it is also known as August Moment. Set in 1942, Patna a 14 year old boy Dev Padh Chowdhary raised his voice against the demolition of the play ground by the British.
Directed by Prem Gupta, the play was performed by Children’s Theatre Academy, Bhopal. The play began introducing some children playing in the ground while a British officer was on a excursion of the area. Soon the British decided to construct a British Mansion on the playground.
Dev raised voice against this decision. He then was guided by his teacher for the further rebel against the decision. His teacher was also among the revolutionaries and soon the boy joined Quit India Movement in Patna. Dev formed a team of children against the British.
He decided to carry out the final rebel and kill the British officer. But, officer was saved and Dev was arrested. After few days he was shot dead in front of the people.
The theatre buffs witnessed the revolution of 1942 against the British. As Dev was shot dead there was a deadly silence in the hall. The people were spell-bounded with the performance of the children. The children participated in the play were of age group from 6 to 14.
later, the play Buddhimaan Buddhuram was staged. Directed by Preeti Jha, the play was about a farmer. He was so innocent that anyone could make a fool out of him.
As soon as Buddhuram understood it, he thinks of a clever idea and took a stand for himself against all those who bully him.
Both the plays were beautifully staged and were appreciated by the audience.