london artists presented the 100-year-old Hindi short story written by Chandradhar Sharma Guleri at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhavan. Friday evening the Bhopalites were enthralled to witness the fantastic show at Bharat Bhavan.
The story that was presented in the form of dance drama was directed by Gary Clark and was presented by the artists of The Throth theatre troupe from london.
The story revolves around two characters Nandu and Kamli. Nandu lives in a small town with his widowed mother. He is friendly with a young girl, Kamli. Kamli's father falls ill and hence her family relocates to a bigger town, Ambala. Years later, Kamli's father passes away and she returns to village. Nandu and Kamli fall in love and want to marry. When Nandu's mother goes to meet Kamli's uncle, she is humiliated.
Nandu then decides to join the army, with the hope that her uncle will consider him suitable enough to get Kamli married to him. But when he returns, Kamli is set to marry someone else. He then goes back to the army to try to forget Kamli. He is surprised to find that his superior officer, Ram Singh, is Kamli's husband. Disappointed with his fate, he does not know what to do. The war starts but before going on war, Kamli takes a promise from him to protect her husband, which he does. And when Ram Singh asks a dying Nandu why he risked his life to save him, his last words were, ‘Usne Kaha Tha’.
Beautifully choreographed, the dance drama Usen Kaha Tha that maintained the story’s charm and the artists were able to impress the audience.