Two Hindi plays ‘Isuri’ and ‘Yerma’ were spectacularly staged by the students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) here on Friday.
The Shaheed Bhavan Auditorium was packed as the theatre buffs of the city emerged to watch the show. The plays were staged under the six-day theatre festival ‘Navagat Theatre Fest 2017’. The fest is being organised by MPSD marking the session end of students of batch 2016-17.
The event began with the play Isuri. The play that highlighted the lifespan of Bundelkhandi writer Isuri, the play was directed by lakahan lal Ahirwar from Chhattarpur.
The play began with showing the rich culture of Bundelkhand during British era. The villagers were in a festive mood as a fair is being organized there. The people are dancing, singing and having fun, but the sudden arrival of British officers and ruining the fun made Isuri aggressive.
As he wanted to take a stern step, but the teachings of his Guru Bharose Baba stopped him from doing so. He began writing about the prevailed situation and spread awareness among the people of Bundelkhand against the Britishers. While he carried out his fight against the British, he falls for a girl Rajjo who inspires him to write romantic poetry. He also wrote about the culture and tradition of Bundelkhand. These writings of Isuri are remembered till now.
Next play was Yerma. Yerma is a story about a woman who cannot have kids. Written in 1929 by Spanish writer Fredrico Garcia lorca the play was directed by Deepika Rana from Faridabad.
The play is about a childless woman who lives in rural Spain.
Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes an obsession that eventually drives her to commit a horrific crime, she kills her husband. Because of the time she is living in, she is expected to bear children. When she cannot, she is forced to measures that those in her society would view as extreme.
The plays were beautifully staged. The audience took the pleasure to enjoy the show with lot of ecstasy.