The theatre buffs of the city were enthralled to watch the short stories of renowned writers in a theatre performance on Tuesday. Notably, three short stories were performed at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan by the artistes of Koshish Theatre Group under the event ‘Jeevan Ke Teen Rang’. The three short stories Ek Vichitra Prem Katha, Toba Tek Singh and Paraya Dhan were splendidly performed leaving the theatre buffs mesmerised.
The first short story Ek Vichitra Prem Katha is written by a noted writer Santosh Choubey and the play was directed by Aseem Kumar Dubey. Ek Vichitra Prem Katha is a story of one-sided love. The story surrounds three lead characters Madhukar, Sudhir and Radha. Madhukar and Radha are BFF, they are best friends and they spend most of the time together. Madhukar soon falls in love for Radha and thinks that even she loves him.
One day Madhukar was informed that Radha is getting married to another man. He began wasting his all time thinking of her drinking and hurting himself. His very old friend Sudhir visits him and sees Madhukar badly drunk with a revolver in hand. He asks Madhukar the reason. After knowing it, Sudhir asks Madhukar has he ever kissed Radha to which Madhukar denies. later, he realised that he never expressed his love to Radha and she always took him as a good friend. At this realisation, the play ends.
Next play Toba Tek Singh is one of the famous short stories by Sadat Hassan Manto. like his other stories Manto in this story too described the grief of India Pakistan partition. The story was beautifully performed by a renowned theater actor Alok Gutch that left an impressing impact over the audience. It was directed by Praveen Mahuwale.
It is painful saga of a character, who is admitted in a mental asylum of lahore. As the partition happens all the patients are shifted to their respective States. This patient remembers a place called Toba Tek Singh. After partition, Sikh and Hindu are directed to India. But Singh and other patients are not ready to go there. At the end of story, Singh dies in no man’s land.
The event concluded with another story Paraya Dhan also directed by Aseem Dubey. It deals with girl child education. After the father’s death, the elder brother get his sister married only to live a happy life. But as after many years, he visits her, he gets upset to see her terrible condition. The play concludes with a message that even girl education is important to build a better society. All the plays were beautifully performed and audience was awestruck.