By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Chandigarh 30th September: --- The housewife is someone who is taken for granted by everyone in a typical Indian family and this was the highlight of a play presented by eighteen talented actors of Hallmark Public School, Panchkula's, theatre department. The poignant play, 'Naari Narayani', based on the plight of the Indian homemaker attracted a lot of attention of visitors, during staging of the 'Nukkad Natak' in Elante Mall Chandigarh.
Presented by the students in age group of 10-15 years the play was directed by Abhishek Sharma and showcased the travails a housewife, who has to go through a lot of subjugation by her husband & mother-in-law among others in her family, despite slogging day in and day out doing odd jobs, cooking food and completing chores considered unimportant by all. The mental and physical stress that a homemaker has to suffer was shown by the students through use of different encounters between her and family members.
Jivtesh Garg, Director, Hallmark public School, said that in India we pay a lot of lip service to the need for respecting a woman, but on the ground the reality is just the opposite. We equate a woman to a 'Devi', however we treat her poorly. After marriage a girl has to undergo tremendous pressure from all quarters and she is not even thanked for all the work she does, to keep the family happy and together. Our students tried to show this side of the story today. Symbolism was used effectively in the 10 minutes play. The housewife tries to eat her food but house work and continuous nagging do not allow her to have even lunch. The play was made interesting through enactment by two characters – Ustad played by Devkaran and Jamura played by Paras. The use of music at apt junctures also generated attention of onlookers' at the Mall. The music and songs were delivered by Minka. The lead character of the housewife was played by Mehar, Jatin did the role of her husband and the role of Mother-in –law was enacted by Rashmi.
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