Adi Vidrohi drama festival focusing on freedom movement and mass awareness is all set to woo the theatre lovers of the city. The fest will begin from Monday at Shaheed Bhavan auditorium. The seven day long theatre festival will get underway with play ‘Pahtiya’ directed by Yogendra Chaubey.
This play is about the freedom struggle and participation of various freedom fighters. The play will narrate the bravery of the freedom fighters like Veer Narayan Singh and Gundadhur.
On December 25 i.e. on Tuesday, the fest would be followed with the play ‘Rani Kamplapati’ directed by Lokendra Trivedi from New Delhi. On December 26 i.e. on Wednesday play ‘Poster’ directed by Ajit Bhagat from Mumbai would be staged. The fest would be followed with the play ‘Reecho Ecopayi’ directed by Anoop Hazarika from Gwahati that would be staged on December 27. On December 28, play ‘Kallurutti’ directed by KN Panikar from Trivendrum would be staged. Another play ‘Dharam Mangal’ would be staged on December 29 this play would be directed by Ujwal Mukherjee. The festival would conclude on December 30 with the play ‘Sursi Ka Lal’ directed by Sanjay Shrivastava.
Notably, for past 14 years this festival is being conducted and every time new plays are staged before the Bhopalites that receives a huge response. Notably, this is the first theatre activity organised across the nation which highlights the struggle of martyrs on stage. With an aim to create awareness among the present generation about the freedom movement and to give it a broader look plays in different languages too will be presented. Till now more than 90 plays have been staged under this festival.