Prayagraj, 18 May (HS): Comedy play Dulha Bhai, staged by Vinod

Rastogi Smriti Sansthan Prayagraj at Ravindralay auditorium under the direction

of Ajay Mukherjee, released all war tension and people enjoyed every bit of the

moment with thunders of laughter.

The original Marathi play by Padmakar Daware was skillfully

adepted by Gangadhar Paranjapey, and the artists justified their presence on

the stage by swift movements, humorous dialogue delivery, and quick actions and

reactions.

The story revolves around a middle class family of husband,

wife, and a marriageable daughter. Both the parents invite persons to visit

their place for the marriage purpose, and both the invitees arrive at the same

time with their sons. The situation turns tense for the family, but the

developments to counter the confusion create funny situations and tickles the

audience continuously and compells them to laugh loudly.

The actors were Abhilash Narain, Nivedita Dasgupta, Ashu, Tushar

Maurya, Madhurima Bose, Prakeek K Singh, Gajendra Yadav, Shubham Srivastava and

Anuj Kumar. Back stage support was provided by Sujoy Ghoshal (lights), Subham Verma

and Divyansh Raj Gupta (music), while the play was produced by Alok Rastogi.

BOOK RELEASE: A book containing two blank verse plays, penned by

famous writer, director, actor and AIR drama producer Vinod Rastogi titled

Suniye Dronacharya and Aparajita, was released on the occasion by the former

programme officer of North Central Zone Cultural Centrers Kalpana Sahay. Sahay

remembered Vinod Rastogi as a stalwart of All India Radio and made mention of

his most popular radio serial Munshi Itwari Lal. She also recalled her college

days when Bahu Ki Vida, a short play written by Vinod Rastogi was a part of

syallabus.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi