The 4th Karunesh Theatre Festival had a kickstart here on Thursday at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan with the Hindi play 'Tarpan'. The play emphasizes on the issues of castesim and superstitious thought process of the people. It also talks about ideological differences and pitiable condition of Mahabrahman.The fest is being organized by organised by 'The Rising Society of Art and Culture (RISAC) and the festival in the memory of a renowned theatre artist late Chandrahas Tiwari.Based on Marathi play scripted by Premanand Gazbi, the play was directed Preeti Jha Tiwari and translated into Hindi by Basant Dev.The play revolves around protagonist Siddheswar who lives in a village with family. He is Mahabrahman and this kind of Brahman comes under the lower level Brahman whose work is to perform in last rites worship.His traditional work is to get worship after the death of people. But his brother Vasudev and son Madhu reject to adopt this traditional work and boycott this custom.
This matter reaches to the noble or higher level Brahmans including Digamber Shastri and Vedant Shastri of the village.They force them to adopt this custom but Vasudev and Madhu don't accept their proposal.Then this work has been snatched by Siddheswar. So that he and his family have to suffer from economical problem.At the end of play Madhu has to leave study and adopt this custom to run family after the death of his father.Sets, costumes, lights and music were used aptly to highlight the moods of play. Set was divided into two parts which represented upper and lower caste division.Director of the play Preeti Jha said, "This is fourth show of this play which highlights the politics in same caste which is still prevalent in our society. Actually, this play is one of the favourite plays of my husband Chandrahas Tiwari and it was directed by him only." The play was much enjoyed by the theatre buffs of the city.