It was not about revenge but forgiving, just like Ivon did to Makar. The classic tale of leo Tolstoy ‘God Sees But Waits’ was retold to the Bhopal theatre buffs.
The story was performed in Hindi called ‘Valdimir Ka Hero’ at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum on Friday. The entire auditorium of Tribal Museum was jam-packed till the evening as the play began on stage.
Directed by a known theatre artist and playwright of the city Manoj Nair, the play was beautifully performed by the artists of Shadow group, Bhopal. The play keeping the crux of the story as it is, was wonderfully staged.
With the beautiful light design, the play enhanced the essence of the story originally written by leo Tolstoy in 1872.
The play told the story of a young merchant called Ivon. Ivon was a merchant who lived in Valdimir. One day he decides to go in a business fair to increase his business but his wife pleads him not to go. She tells him that she has seen a nightmare and it was not a positive sight to leave for the fair.
But he still decides to move on. On his way, he meets another merchant and had a good time with him at the rest house. As Ivon leaves for his home he is stopped by guards on his way. He was told that a merchant has been murdered and robbed. When the guards check Ivon’s possessions they find a blooded knife and arrests him.
For long 26 years Ivon was in jail for the crime he never committed. One day few prisoners were transferred to the jail, one of them was Makar.
After few conversations it was cleared that Makar was the one who killed the merchant. Makar confesses his crime to Ivon and Ivon forgives him. But it was too late for Ivon to reach home.
The entire play was mesmerizingly portrayed on stage with the pinch of Indian