Marking the second day of three day theatre festival on Friday, two plays Yeh Mitti Hamari Hai and Bhulva Bhullakad were staged at Shaheed Bhavan.
Yeh Mitti Hamari Hai is all about patriotism and love for the country whereas Bhulva Bullakad was an entertaining yet a powerful story. It was about Bhulva, a young lad who used to forget everything and what follows next is a series of amusing situations.
Yeh Mitti Hamari Hai was directed by Honey Bhargava and was performed by the artists of Children's Theatre Academy. Next plat Bhulva Bhullakad was directed by Rachna Mishra and was performed by the artists of Rang Triveni theatre troupe.
Yeh Mitti Hamari Hai starts with a village scene where a British official visits. The officer sees the green fields and now wanted huge tax from the villagers. In his greed he imposes high tax on the poor villagers and give them time limit of one month.
Next, he came after a month and see empty fields. He asks the Sarpanch about it and Sarpanch says something in his ears to which he gets frieghtened and runs away. The higher officials declare Sarpanch's death sentence, but Sarpanch says that the sacred soil will save him. At the end Sarpanch is save as he catches high fever.
The next play was entertaining and full of comic situations. The young boy Bhulva lived with his grandmother. She asks him to go to the palace and ask king to get his clothes stiched. On his way to palace he meets many people and forget what grandmother said.
Due to this, palace was saved from a trouble and the king awards him with money and as a result of happiness he even forgets his grandmother.