A play based on a true story of assassins ‘Jayaz Hatyare’ was staged at Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium here on Friday. The play marked the second day of six-day theatre festival ‘Vibha Mishra Memorial Theatre Festival.’
The theatre festival is being organised by Trikarshi Theatre Troupe of the city in the memory of a renowned theatre personality Vibha Mishra. Here on Friday ‘Jayaz Hatyare’ marked the second day which was brilliantly performed and was much appreciated by the audience.
The play was directed by Rahul Singh and was performed by the artists of Trikarshi TheatreTroupe.
Jayaz Hatyare is adapted from a French play titled ‘Les Justes’ , more literal translations would be The Just or The Righteous. The play was first published in year 1949 play written by French writer and philosopher Albert Camus, later on it had been translated in English The Just Assassins and then in Hindi by Suresh Bhardwaj and Deepa Sahi.
The play is based on a story of a group of Indian ‘Inquilabi Party’ who plans to assassinate the Governor of British India. The play is based on the true story of a group of Russian Socialist-Revolutionaries who assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905.
The play explores the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. Suresh Bharadwaj and Deepa Sahi they have given it an Indian taste, transformed it according to the Indian struggle for independence
The group of young revolutionaries is looking for an opportunity to throw a bomb to the British India governor. The party's central character, Vimi, goes to the governor's bungalow to throw a bomb but in the buggy, the children come back without throwing a bomb watching. On this, the second member of the team is angry with Sukhen. Other members agree with Vimi's idea that it is not right for innocent children to target a bomb.
Next time, Vimi bombs the governor and shouts loud Inquilab Zindabad. To avenge the assassin of British India Governor, the British government orders arrest of Vimi.