A comedy Hindi play Restaurant Me Dopahar was staged here on Thursday. To observe the death anniversary of the ‘King of Comedy’ Charlie Chaplin, the play was presented at Antrang Hall Bharat Bhavan.
Directed by a noted theatre director of the city Ashok Bulani, the play is written by Santosh Choubey. The play was wonderfully performed by the artists of Rang Samuh Theatre Group. The theatre lovers of the city were treated with the refined comedy wrapped up in social messages in a certain way. The play not only treated the audience with laughter therapy but it also focused on how the youth thinks about the current status of the society and what is their approach towards it.
like other productions of Ashok Bulani, this play also demanded the audience to think about the current scenario of the country and raise questions which are still left unanswered.
The play began with the mild song being performed in a restaurant. The city restaurant was filled with the young crowd. It created an ambiance of fun and joy where all the youngsters join the singer and enjoys the environment of fun. Among the young crowd there is the narrator of the play who gets up and steps in between of the stage defining about the restaurant and why the play is called Restaurant Me Dopahar.
The narrator then is joined by young poet, a lecturer of psychology, and a professor Sukant. All four of them discuss about their problems with small but strong elements of comedy. The play also features people from politics, film and media that also joins in the conversation and reaches the conclusion.
All the characters in the play try and bring a smile on the audience face with creating comical situations on stage. The sensible elements like the poetic language and live songs overwhelmed the audience to some extent. Director Ashok Bulani said, “We had tried to give a message wrapped up in a comedy presentation.” He said, “The scenes in the play interestingly portrayed the present scenario as well as the reaction of the youngsters ‘today’ in the country.”
The audience enjoyed the show whole heartedly. The artists on-stage put a fine impression over the audiences and they burst out laughing as the play reached the climax.