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A bouquet of plays
On the first day of Abhinaya National Theatre Festival a play titled ‘Masthya Gandi’ was staged. The play is about the daughter of Chedi King Uparichara Vasu and a cursed Apsara, who is turned into a fish Satyavati and lives on the banks of the river Yamuna. Due to smell which emanates from her body she also called as “Masthya Gandi”.
On the first day of Abhinaya National Theatre Festival a play titled ‘Masthya Gandi’ was staged. The play is about the daughter of Chedi King Uparichara Vasu and a cursed Apsara, who is turned into a fish Satyavati and lives on the banks of the river Yamuna. Due to smell which emanates from her body she also called as “Masthya Gandi”.
One day she meets a sage Parashara at Yamuna River and he blesses her with a son Vyasa. Later, King Shantanu is attracted by her fragrance and beauty and falls in love with her. She marries Shantanu on a condition that their children must inherit the throne before his eldest son Bhishma. After Shantanu’s death, her sons rule the kingdom with the help of Bhishma.
The 100-minute play is directed by KSDL Chandru and he said that Masthya Gandi’s presence of mind, desperation for achieving her goals shows the importance of her role in the Mahabharata. A total of 17 artistes mesmerised the audience with their performances.
On the second day, a play titled ‘Bhoi’ (Fear) was presented. The Assamese play was directed by Simanta Phukan and dramatised by Gunakar Dev Goswami. It is based on the ‘Tales of Panchatantra’.
The play was staged with the help of body language expressed by the artists without using any words and it made it very unique. The play is about the two crows- husband and wife, who live on a tree with their newborn babies. In the hollow of the same tree, a snake also lives.
One day both the crows go to gather food for their babies. The snake bites the baby crows. On return, the crows find out that their children died because of the snake and they decide to avenge the same. They go to the jackal for an appropriate plan to kill the snake.
On the advice of the jackal, the male crow goes to the nearest king’s fort and steals the necklace of the queen, and throws it into the tree hollow. On seeing the necklace in the hollow, the soldiers kill the snake and collect it. Finally, the two crows are happy. The one-hour play has clearly described that a powerful enemy can be destroyed through wit.
