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Fest's Day 15 plays delve into women's turmoil
Fest's Day 15 plays delve into women's turmoil

Time of India

time04-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Time of India

Fest's Day 15 plays delve into women's turmoil

Lucknow: Plays inspired by stories of struggle were staged on 15th day of drama festival at UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Sunday. Dramatised versions of stories 'Seedhi' by Amita Dubey, 'God Bharai' by Sandhya Sinha and 'Octopus' by Vibha Chandra were staged. All plays were directed by Sangam Bahuguna and Vikas Srivastava. In 'Seedhi', the plot revolves around a poor man who aspires to be an IAS officer and gets married to a widow who has a child. After marriage, he works hard and becomes an IAS officer but after achieving his goal, he does not consider his wife worthy of himself and tries to divorce her. In the end, all his efforts prove to have gone in vain. 'God Bharai' sheds light on struggle women face to achieve goals in life. The play revolves around the struggle of a daughter who wants to become something in life in order to support her parents. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Choose the eco-friendly cloud storage solution and get 25GB of free storage. Degree Online | Search Ads Learn More Undo 'Octopus' highlights mental condition of a teenager experiencing myriad emotions. The plot of the play revolves around a teenager who is too shy to share anything with anyone and gets trapped as if in the clasp of an octopus. In the end, after struggling with his anxiety, fear, and confusion, he finds a reliable person to discuss his problems with.

3 plays tell woman side stories
3 plays tell woman side stories

Time of India

time27-04-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Time of India

3 plays tell woman side stories

Lucknow: Dramatised versions of stories by women writers were staged on seventh day of a drama festival at UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Sunday. Stage plays based on the stories 'Netagiri' by Sandhya Sinha, 'Waapsi' by Kamal Kapoor and 'Dosh' by Ruchi Srivastava were directed by Sangam Bahuguna and Vikas Srivastava. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'Netagiri' revolves around the pain of Mahri a maid servant of Saroj, tortured by her husband. Saroj urges her to take stand for herself and not fear her husband. The other play, 'Waapsi', sheds light on the struggle of someone who loves a person from another religion and because of norms of the society and family pressure the couple could not marry. The story revolves around Indu and Sahil who fall in love but have to sacrifice their love because of societal norms. They meet again after 22 years and realise they are still in love with each other. 'Dosh' throws light on the joy of six years old Vandana who is given the responsibility of taking care of her newly wedded aunt (chachi). Being a girl child, she is happy to get little attention in an orthodox household. One day, when she goes playing with her cousin brothers and realisation shakes her as a child.

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