The pain and grief of parents living away from their son, was seen in a Hindi play ‘Khwahishien’. The play was staged to mark the conclusion of a four-day SBI Raj Bhasha Theatre Festival 2013 at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium.
Organized by SBI local head office, Bhopal, this was the 30th theatre festival in a row to observe the Raj Bhasha month.
The play Khwahishien is written by a noted playwright Yogendra Tripathi which is originally known as Shatruganth. The play was wonderfully performed by the bank officials of regional centre, SBI Bhopal.
The play surrounds the story of two families. An elderly couple Sandhya and Gopinath live in grief as their son is in the USA for a job and does not have any contact with them. On the other hand Mr and Mrs Pandey live in a satisfaction as their son working in the USA talks with them regularly.
The lead characters Sandhya and Gopinath had a loving son and they plan to send him to the USA for a better livelihood.
As their son reaches there, he calls off all the connections with his parents. Both the parents assume that their son has left them to live alone in pain.
On the other hand, Mr and Mrs Pandey have no issue with their son as their son wants to return to home as soon as possible. But, the situation does not allow him to return.
Seeing this, Sandhya and Gopinath decides to commit suicide. They believed that instead of having murdered by anyone it is better to commit suicide and leave the world. As they were about to drink the poison, their phone bell rings and taking the pause the play stops there.
The narrator appeared on stage addresses the audience saying that parents does a lot for their children. Gopinath and Sandhya are safe as it was a call from their son, but we have many Gopinath and Sandhya around us. It is time to get up for such parents.
The mature acting skills enthralled the audience and created an emotional ambiance in the hall.