The little theatre artists with the elderly of Apna Ghar old age home created magic on stage. A theatre fest ‘Balman Samaroh’ was organised on Sunday wherein three short plays were splendidly staged at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium.
The three stories, including ‘Mantra’, ‘Mitra Doh Ka Phal’ and ‘Shri Gurkhe Namh’ were staged brilliantly. The Balman Natya Samaroh was organised by Saghan Society for Art and Culture. During the festival, the artists of Saghan society of Art and Culture along with the inmates of Apna Ghar old age home gave a wondrous performance leaving the audience totally enthralled.
The first story Mantra is a story written by Munshi Premchand and directed by Rachna Mishra. When a village is affected by plague, the entire village gets trapped in superstition, except an old man and a young literate boy. The entire story throws light on the superstitious beliefs and how far they can be harmful for an individual.
The play begins with introducing a village which was affected by plague. The villagers believe that it is nothing but a curse sent by god. A young boy takes care of the old man, he was intelligent enough to get doctor’s help and remove the plague. Soon villagers realize their mistake.
Next play, ‘Mitra Doh Ka Phal’ showcased about what betrayal in friendship can do. Directed by Mukund Tripathi, the play showcased that greed can break the best of the relationships. The play portrayed the story about the friendship of Ramu and Shyamu.
Both the friends earn handsome money during their trip to town. As they were returning to the village, Ramu tells his friend to hide the money in forest. Both agreed and hid their earnings in a dig. Ramu soon realizes that his friend ditched him. He takes the case before the king and Shyamu was sentenced jail.
Another story showcased that bad deeds never pays. Directed by Ajay Dahiya, the play was about the current society wherein people gets involve in bad deeds just to get a better life.
later, a fusion act was presented and directed by Anushka Sahare. The plays were much enjoyed by the Bhopalites.