'Creation' staged three most popular stories of three great writers on 24.1.2018 (हिन्दी में कथा-सार के साथ)

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In an attempt to live till the last breadth 

(हिन्दी में कथा-सार को अंग्रेजी टेक्स्ट के नीचे पढ़िये)

इस नाटक से सम्बंधित एक और पोस्ट देखिए-   http://dramapagesbiharidhamaka.blogspot.in/2018/01/blog-post_24.html

Three most popular stories each one of Tagore, Premchand and Krishn Chandar titled as 'Sone ki naav', 'Satranj ke Khiladi and 'Pandrah feet lambi duniya' respectively were staged by 'Creation'. All the three stories by legendary authors are priceless legacy of Hindi literature. In 'sone ki naav' by Rabindra Nath Tagore, the main character is facing deluge in his village. His own house is inundated. He could not restrain himself from storing all of his paddy on the boat and as a result found that there was no place for himself. The psyche of human beings has been presented in this story beautifully. 

The second story 'Satranj ke khiladi' is a much talked about story of Premchand on which a popular feature film was also made. The two nawabs are not coward as they did not flee away in the face of attack from British troops. Still, there indifference to the circumstances prevailing in their jurisdictional and surrounding area became the reason of their tragic end when they themselves chose to kill each other by swords. 

The third story '15 feet ki duniya' is a tale of misery faced by a common ordinary man. He is admitted to a hospital with a complaint of stomach. But the treatment is so costly that all of his belongings even the utensils and cloths are sold still he is not cured. His wife in her early twenties initially expresses full sympathy but in later course, the sheer joylessness and forced austerity arisen because of prolonged disease of husband pushes her slowly towards proximity with her boss and ultimately she is cut off absolutely from the poor ill man. After many days, that ill man finds himself into a big trash box. He was so hungry that even though everything was in a stinking state, he relished the leftover foodings in that box. In fact, he found a source of his subsistence there. His arch rival there was the street dogs whom he had to fight everyday. Now on, the trash box and nearby area remained his world till his end  but this fact itself is not less that he decided to live rather than giving up instantaneously.

The presentation was supported by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.  Avijeet Chakrabory has not merely succeeded in putting these three apparently discreet stories in a single thread but also had to sum up them in the given time-frame which he did meticulously. Director Uttam Kumar resorted to narration of the lines profusely but it helped in two ways- first keeping the soul of the story unharmed and secondly meeting the timeline seamlessly. Both should be praised. The actors Aayushi, Muskan, Azarul Haque, Abhishek Anand, Zafar Alam, Rishikesh Jha, Md. Ashif, Rajkumar, Himanshu, Nehal Kr Singh Nirmal showed their prowess they younger ones following the directors truly and senior ones striding a few steps further for the desired value addition in the show. 

On backstage also, artists tried not to allow a slack. Artists were Md. Ashif on harmonium, Nehal on Naal, Priti and Rishikesh in costumes, Satya Prakash and Santosh in Set property. Ravi Verma was in charge of lights.. Ranjit, Adarsh, Ravi and Sudhanshu Sonali, Gautam, Narendra and Shailenddra gave their valuable contribution without being visible on stage.

कथा-सार: यह नाटक तीन प्रसिद्ध कहानियों का एक कोलाज है. पहली कहानी टैगोर की 'सोने की नाव' थी जिसमें बाढ़ से उबरते वक्त एक आदमी अपना सारा धन नाव पर डाल देता है पर खुद उसके लिए जगह ही नहीं बचती. दूसरी कहानी प्रेमचंद की 'शतरंज के खिलाड़ी' दो नवाब अपने ऐशो-आराम में इतने मशगूल हैं कि अंग्रेज उन परआक्रमण कर देते हैं और वे शतरंज खेलने में व्यस्त रहते हैं. अग्रेजों के हाथों मारे जाने की बजाय वे दोनो एक दूसरे को तलवारों से सिर काट डालते हैं. तीसरी कहानी कृष्णचन्दर की '15 फीट की दुनिया' में एक आदमी बीमार होकर अस्पताल जाता है. घर-बार बिक जाने पर भी वह ठीक नहीं होता. उसकी पत्नी शुरु में तो सेवा-सुश्रुसा करती है पर बीमारी को लम्बा खिंचता देख कर अपने बॉस के प्रेम में बीमार पति को छोड़ देती है. वह बीमार बाद में खुद को एक बड़े कचड़े के बॉक्स में पाता है जो 15 फीट का है. वह सड़ी गली चीजों के बीच खाने की वस्तु पा लेता है. धीरे-धीरे वह वहीं आसपास रहने लगता है और कुत्तों से लड़ झगड़ कर अपने जीने के लिए खाने का सामान उसी कचड़े के डिब्बे से पाता रहता है. वह इस तरह से अपनी शेष जिंदगी को जीता है.

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Review by - Hemant Das 'Him'

Photographs by - Hemant 'Him'

E-mail: hemantdas_2001@yahoo.com