Sikkim Theatre Training Centre artists present ‘Hum Hi Apna Aap’ play in Nepali

GANGTOK, 14 Mar: Local artists of the National School of Drama’s Sikkim Theatre Training Centre presented a play ‘Hum Hi Apna Aap’ in Nepali here at Defence auditorium this evening. The play will again be staged on Thursday evening at 5:30 PM.
The play is inspired by Padma Sachdeva’s Hindi novel, ‘Ab Na Banegi Dehari’, scripted by Asif Ali Haider Khan and was translated in Nepali by Jagdish Sharma. The play is designed and directed by Bipin Kumar. Padma Sachdeva also writes in the Dongri language.
The play is about a widow Rewati and the saint Giri Baba who fall in love with each other. Rewati is willing to give up everything and settle down with Giri Baba, but the fear of the society gets the better of him. The initiators of religion are afraid of the consequences of this romance. They believe that the society is bound to lose their faith in God if they found out about such a love story between a widow and a saint. They convince Giri Baba to take up Samadhi. The play thus opens with the festive scene going on in the premises of the village mandir. The play also tries to highlight the struggle faced by a widow in the society.
The play was staged beautifully by local artists of the state trained by the Sikkim Theatre Training Centre of the NSD. The first day of the play had Prof Sudeep Kulkarni of the NSD as the chief guest, who was accompanied by writer, Biru Bangdel. The play was also attended by the NSD faculty members from New Delhi.
NSD Sikkim Theatre Training Centre started on 01 May last year with 19 students.