A street play on gender equality ‘Sab Barabar’ was performed in city’s 10. No market here on Saturday. The street play is a part of an initiative ‘It’s Possible’ which talks about gender equality.
Directed by a young theatre artist and playwright Saahil Khan, the street play was performed by the artists of Kaafila theatre group, Bhopal. The play begins with a song ‘lo Aaya Kaafila’ wherein all the artists of the street play enters the location.
The story of the play begins with a very basic thought which is usually overlooked by people –the handkerchief. There is a difference between a men’s handkerchief and a female’s handkerchief which somehow raises the gender inequality. Next issue was about security.
Even if the brother is youngster, he is asked to guard his sister. Why not a sister can guard his younger brother and that’s what beautifully shown to the people gathered watching the street play.
The play was also performed at Rahul Nagar, Shyam Nagar and 7 no. market. It is to be noted that a series of street plays will be performed at different locations of the city spreading the message of gender equality. The plays will be performed till January 27. This play had 24 performers including Harshita, Shubham, Amrita, Gaurvi, Niru, Bharat, Aditya, Himangi, DivyanShu, Shivam, Sahil, Pritam, Sunny, Vishal, Imtiaz, Suyash, Kanchan, Rajat, Hemant, Deepak, Krishna and Anurag.
The street plays are being held under the aegis of PHIA foundation and Ansh Happiness Society. It's Possible Campaign is a campaign to promote awareness about gender equality, to develop psychological equality among men and women. The motivation behind the campaign is that it is possible to break the orthodox views of gender in society.