A play narrating the tale of a fight between good and evil was staged on Monday at Shaheed Bhawan Auditorium. The play titled Tota Bolta Hai gave a message of fight against injustice.
Directed by Prasanna Soni, the play is an adaptation of a Kannada play written by Chandra Shekhar. It was presented by the Nat Bundele Theatre Group, Bhopal.
The play was about a farmer who stood up alone for the right. It also features a dominating ruler or a zamindar 'Gauda'.
He is powerful, rich and cruel landlord of the village. Moreover, he is a womanizer who woos women but does not marry them. After few years of his wedding, it was found that Gauda is impotent and is unable to raise his family. But, no one in the village knows about it that and thus Gauda always takes advantage of the innocent people.
The protagonist of the play, Prasanna is a poor farmer who not only stood up for the right but he also wanted to avenge his father's death. As he tries to set things right in village he realizes that till the landlord is alive, everything will be in loss. So he makes a plan to murder the landlord. On the other hand, landlord's wife performs a spiritual ritual after which they will not remain childless. The situations take a twist and somehow Prasanna becomes the part of ritual and not Gauda and it was announced that whosoever is the part of the ritual will be the father of the child.
later it was found that Prasanna and landlord's wife were in love with each other. Knowing this landlord tries to kill Prasanna and the villagers out of agony kill the landlord and set their land free from injustice.
Instead of having various confusing twists and turns the play was enjoyed by the theatre goers. Moreover, the music added much zest that made the play watching worthwhile.