 Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: "Mrichkatika" a Sanskrit play and directed by Sumeet Sharma was featured here today at Natrang Studio Theatre in its Sunday Theatre Series.
Experts of Sanskrit language Prof. M Chandrashekhar, Principal and Dr. Satish Kapoor praised Sumeet's successful effort of directing the play in Sanskrit in a highly professional manner. In the play, Ch?rudatta is a generous man who has maintained his reputation in Ujjayini as an honest and upright man with a rare gift of wisdom, he is enamored by Vasantasen?, a courtesan of great wealth and reputation. But 'Shakar', King's Brother-in-Law likes her and so despises Ch?rudatta in his frustration as she snubs him. One day, just by mistake of change of Cart, Vasantasen? happens to arrive at the Royal Park of Shakar, where first he tries to entice her with his words but after being humiliated, In the fit of anger, he tries to kill her, thinking her to be dead, he hides her body and accuses Ch?rudatta of the crime. Though he proclaims his innocence, but his presence in the park along with his son's possession of Vasantasen?'s jewels implicate the poverty-stricken man, and he is found guilty and condemned to death by King P?laka. Just as Ch?rudatta faces execution, Vasant-asen? appears and the excited crowd intervenes in time to save him from execution.
The students of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan who mesmerized the audience with their wonderful acting included Purshottam Das, Chetna Kumari, Ankita Chakraborty, Gowardhan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Jagdish Kumar, Live Music and singing were done by Santosh Kumari, Mangla Thakur, Pawan Kumar Prashar, Madhur Sharma & Amit Kesar Sharma. Anil Tickoo Designed and operated the Lights. |
