Their craze to see a free India and the way they worked towards it made these young revolutionaries different from all other Indians, though they were just as same as us. With such an introduction began the play ‘Gagan Damama Bajyo’.
The events from the year of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 to the hanging of Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru and Sukhdev, in 1931, the theatre buffs of the city were taken back to the history.
The play was staged here on Friday at Bharat Bhavan.
Written by Piyush Mishra it is a musical drama based on real incidents taken from the life of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh and his contemporaries. The play was directed by Hira Maniklal and was beautifully staged by the artists of Rang Shrinkhla Theatre Troupe, Raipur.
It is noteworthy that Bhagat Singh is known as the most influential revolutionaries of Indian Independence movement.
He born in a Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj, as a teenager Singh studied European revolutionary movements and was attracted to anarchist and Marxist ideologies.
It follows far from wanting to cause any bloodshed or violence, his decision to throw a bomb in the assembly was motivated by the desire to draw attention to the questions of freedom and equality.
The play also touches on the ideological differences between Bhagat Singh and Mahatma Gandhi.
Bhagat Singh was involved in several revolutionary organisations and activities.
The play mainly highlights his immense contribution and sacrifice with his friends including Rajguru, Sukhdev, Chandrasekhar Azad, Jatin Das, Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaque Ullah Khan and others in freedom struggle.