The theatre lovers of the city witnessed the pain and grief of a widowed young girl and the struggle of her in-laws to make her happy again in a Urdu play Waqt Ke Karhate Rang.
The play was staged on the opening day of the Urdu Theatre Festival that began here from Friday at Ravindra Bhawan Auditorium, Bhopal. Notably, the festival is being organised by Sahitya Academy, in the memory of a noted Urdu poet and writer Allama Iqbal.
The play Waqt Ke Karhate Rang is directed by a noted artist Rajeev Verma and is written by Ibrahim Yusuf. Further, it was splendidly performed by the artists of Bhopal Theatre Group, Bhopal. This is the third performance of the play in the city of lakes.
The story deals with the pain of in-laws towards their daughter in-law who is a widow. Dealing with the ups and downs of a Muslim family the play shows the mirror of the society.
The story revolves around two characters Kadija Begum and Sharif Saheb who have one son. Suddenly, they came to know that their son falls in love with a girl Aaliya and marries her.
But after the six month Aaliya’s husband met with an accident and dies. Aaliya’s in-laws are worried about the future of their daughter-in-law and they decide to remarry Aaliya to a Muslim Miyan because they love her as their own daughter and never want to see her sad.
How Aalia’s life changes after the second marriage with the support of her second husband and how she helps her in-laws in the time of their need when their properties are usurped by one of their nephews Sharik and how she plays the role of a daughter been beautifully shown in the play.
Director of the play Rajeev Verma said, “This play which deals with some emotional problems of a widow, remarriage in Muslim family and how a daughter-in-law plays the role of a real daughter.”
Symbolic sets and recorded music were aptly used. Aalap was used to create the emotional feelings and a situation in the play. The artists gave a mature and a wonderful performance leaving the audiences mesmerised.