'Pappu Pass Ho Gaya' - a street show was played by Income Tax Cultural Group on 14.4.2017 in Patna

Deploring the maltreatment to Biharis in other states 

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“Aam-jan tha kabhi / Ab khaas ho gaya / Pappu pass ho gaya-2” (in
Hindi)
“He was some day a layman / Now turns into gentleman wham / Pappu has passed the exam”

'Pappu Pass Ho Gaya' is a show of conflict between individual virtues versus societal vices. A naive boy the next door has been performing dismally bad in his graduation exams again and again and always comes up before his ex-headman brother Gajabadan Singh with a hanging face. Gajbadan's all hopes in his younger brother is shattered. He is frustrated. Pro. Pyarelal, his friend tries to console him though in vain. Another friend, an advocate has always a readymade solution with him and that is of filing a legal suit against those who marked fail to this blazingly gifted boy Pappu. Though Gajbadan knows what it means to file a legal suit and never pay attention to this proposal of the advocate.

Ultimately in another subsequent attempt, Pappu passes the exam. All are jubilant. But the story does not end here. In fact, the burning issues  of the play begins here. After some days, Puppu returns home badly injured and having bound with several bandages. On asking, he describes the apathy and violence he had to suffer at the hands of his own countrymen along with seven other Biharis while trying to appear for a competitive recruitment exam in another province. Gajbadan Singh screams out in unbearable anguish why a native of the same country treats  with another countrymen in such a callous manner.

The story proceeds on two seemingly incoherent tracks since it’s  very beginning which is adeptly aligned to the main issue in the end. The other track is made of the chasing sequences in which a thief named Chirkut Chindichor is being raced by a sepoy called Khatara Singh @ Mamu. In the background, a song is playing “Baat maan ruk ja/ Nahi Mama Nahi / Kahata hoon ruk ja / Nahi Mama nahi”.. The thief is caught again and again though is able to flee away with the help of his maneuvering skills. In the end when the sepoy Khatara Singh overpowers him completely, the thief reveals that he has just a little amounts of onions and pulses with him in the bundle. He is trying to keep these rightfully owned articles in his safe custody as he fears that the costs of these may skyrocket at any moment.

In the climax, Pappu vows to not appearing in competitive exams for the job rather he would go to the village for pursing scientific farming as his chosen career so that no citizens of this country should be afraid of shortage of grains. And so, Pappu passes the exam of his country in a real sense.

"Who always fears from study / From within, is a fool bloody / A totally broke buddy 
He was shy ago, now has become smart / In the exam, now Pappu has passed"
जो पढ़ाई से डरता है / भीतर से अकड़ता है / जेब से बिल्कुल कड़का है /
लजपोकर था पहले अब झकास हो गया / पप्पू पास हो गया -2

REVIEW: Bhagwat  Sharan Jha ‘Animesh’ is a prolific writer, director, actor and singer working in the Income Tax Department at Patna. He has not only carried on the glorious tradition of cultural events established by Rajkumar Premi and his predecessor but has actually taken them to an unprecedented heights.This piece of Street play is a testimonial to his competence in terms of script and direction. The musical pieces perfectly mingled with the sequences of drama and made the play more meaty. In the main role, Mukund Kumar shaked up the auditorium in his debut. Navneet Mishra as Prof. Pyarelal did full justice with his character though he too is a new artist. Sevak Ram was played by Vijay Kumar who is an experienced actor and singer. His contribution on both of the fronts were highly valuable for the play. Khatara Singh was Ranjit Kumar who tactfully created a danger to an innocent layman Chirkut Chindi Chor, the chracater lived up by Upendra Kumar. The veteran gem artist of the group. Upendra Kumar’s acting kept the viewers relishing each and every minute of the play. 

‘Ustad’ Rajkumar Bharti and ‘Lalbujjhakkad’ Hemant Das ‘Him’ made the studding start and end of the play. Gajbadan Singh’s important role was played by the director of the play Bhagwat animesh who touched the sentimental chords of the viewers by raising the concerns of a guardian of an adolescent citizens of India. On the whole, this street play was a huge success which raised very pertinent issues and the unfortunate paradoxes creeping into the society.  All the artists of the play were working or retired employees of Income Tax Department, Patna.

The program was organized in the auditorium of Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Kadam Kuan, Patna on the occasion of the birthday of the legendary theatre-artist Safadar Hashmi  under the auspices of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kala Vikas Yuva Samiti, Patna which was coordinated by Nehal Singh Nirmal. The speakers present on the occasion expressed their views on the role of Safdar Hashmi and gave a thumping ovation on the performance of the play. 

This picture is by courtesy of Rashtriya Sahara (daily)