On the third day of 8th Rangtriveni Theatre festival, play Bali Aur Shambhu was staged at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium on Tuesday.
The festival is organized by Saghan Society for Cultural and Welfare, in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, Government of India.
The play was directed by Vishal Singh Kushwaha and was presented by the artists of Kala Chaupal, Ujjain.
The play Bali and Shambhu originally narrated the lives of two old men, Bali and Shambhu, who lived in an old age ashram.
Both Bali and Shambhu characters are opposite to each other in nature. For some reason both of them have to share the same room in the old age home against their wishes.
The character of the play depicts Shambhu's relationship with his daughter who dies at a young age. Shambhu is very attached to his daughter. Due to delusions, Shambhu sees his daughter Titli as an angel. On the other hand Bali has to take shelter in old age ashram because of his family as the family does not want to live with them.
The plot of the play Bali and Shambhu revolves around the stories of these two characters and creates a new relationship between them. With addition of emotional element, the play was beautifully designed and presented, leaving the audience mesmerised.
Earlier, on Monday, The theatre lovers of the city witnessed the purity and trueness of Saint Kabir, in a Hindi play ‘Sant Kabir’. The play was presented at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium.
Directed and written by renowned playwright and actor Sanjay Mehta, the play is an adaption from the novel by Ragheya Raghav ‘Loyi Ka Taana’. The play marked the second day of five day theatre festival.
The entire play was surrounded with the characters of Sant Kabir’s life. The poet was loved and was hated equally but was never ignored. His philosophies were adorned by the local people as he maintained a grace with himself. Kabir’s life was filled with many hardships and struggles.
Kabir is widely believed to have become one of the many disciples of the Bhakti poet-sant Swami Ramananda in Varanasi, known for devotional Vaishnavism. Kabir believed Advaita philosophy teaching that God was inside every person and everything.
The play begins with introducing Sant Kabir on stage. Slowly and gradually the play catches up the pace and showcased different colours of Kabir’s life. The play ends with Kabir’s death when people realised his true value.
The play was basically a musical play that described the life span of Kabir magnificently. All the artists of the play maint