Hindi play Anand Raghunandan was presented on Facebook Live. The presentation was organised under a theatre festival.
During the lockdown, artists have found a different platform for their performance. Among them, the most popular medium has emerged as online or digital theatre. The artists all over the country come live on Facebook and YouTube and perform.
In this context, the 5-day digital theatre festival is being organized on Facebook in memory of eminent playwright Habib Tanvir. This ceremony is held live from September 1 to September 5 at 6 pm daily on the Facebook page of Sangam Natya Samiti.
Apart from the institutions of Bhopal, Jabalpur, Rewa, drama of his district Sidhi is also being displayed in the said event.
Anand Raghundan, a very well-known drama by Rangdoot, a popular theatre organization in Sidhi district, The play begins with the Nandi Path and then narrator informs to play new play. He gets a letter of poet Trikalagy and by this, he comes to know that they would get to watch a melodious play ‘Anand Raghunand’ soon and it begins with a Nat and a Nati. They come to know about the birth of four sons of Maharaj Digjaan. In the next scene, they are shown as grown-up. One day, saint Bhuwanhit arrives at the palace and asks for the king’s two sons – Hitkari and Deeldharadhar to protect his Yagya.
The king hands over his sons to him. Elder son Hitkari kills all demons. Later the sage takes both princes to Swayambar of Maharaj Sheelketu’s daughter Mahija.
Hitkari marries Mahija after breaking up a bow. Saint Renukey reaches there and becomes angry to see his guru’s bow broken by Hitkari. However, he calms down after he comes to know that Hitkari is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. With a quirk of fate, Hitkari, Mahija and Deeldharadhar are exiled for 14 years by the king on demand of his third wife Kashmiri. The king is shattered on separation with his son and dies.
While living in the jungle, the trio is encountered with a witch who wishes to marry Hitkari. Deeldharadhar chops off her ears and nose. The witch provokes her brother Diksir who abducts Mahija. Hitkari and Deeldharadhar embark on a quest searching for Mahija. Diksir is slain in a battle with Hitkari who wins back his wife.