A two-day theatre festival ‘Punvarlokan’ will be organised for the theatre buffs of the city. The festival will begin on Sunday at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium.
The festival is being orgaised by Trikarshi Theatre Troupe, Bhopal. The artists of the theatre troupe will represent the best of their plays Hawaldar Mahavir Prasad and Rakh Se Uda Panchi.
On the first day of the of the theatre fest, the troupe will present Hawaldar Mahavir Prasad. The play is directed by Mridula Bharadwaj and Prathamesh Trivedi.
The play is about a Hawaldar Mahavir Prasad who is dedicated and hardworking cop. What goes around in his life and around him forms the rest of the play.
Another play Rakh se Uda Panchi will be staged on Monday. It is directed by a young playwright of the city Siddharth Dabhade.
The play focuses on the superstitious beliefs of people. It also highlights the pain, grief and struggle of those who do not even get a single bread of the day. The social evils like hunger, unemployment and poverty were highlighted in this play.
The plot of the play revolved around people working in the crematorium. The family suffers poverty and then there is happy news for them; someone dies.
Meanwhile, a play Hirnayagarbha, based on female infanticide will be staged at Samanay Bhavan on Sunday.
The play is written by Principal Secretary of Directorate of Culture, Manoj Shrivastava and is directed by Mangilal Sharma. Based on 45 poems by Manoj Shrivastava the will tell the story of lord Krishna and Kansa.