Nuakhai Bhetghat 2012 – Balangir – 3 Plays in 3 Languages

On the eve of ‘Nuakhai’, the most significant festival of Western Odisha, Natraj Kala Parishad of Balangir is going to organize ‘Ekta Natyotsava’, a multilingual drama exhibition show. Actually three plays in three different languages will be live performed in this event.

The three plays are – (1) ‘Garra’, a Koshali play written by Ashok Bohidar and will be performed by Dhiraj, Shree Radha, Arun, Nabghana, Prahallad, Rohita and Jyotiranjan, (2) ‘Ichhadhari Bagh’, a Hindi play written by Ashis Ku. Sonar and will be performed by Rama, Susmika, Surendra, Sushil, Swagat and Jyoti and (3) ‘Chala Ame Pahada Chadhiba’, an Odia play written by Dasharathi Mund and will be performed by Lalit, Satya, Sujit and Chaitali.

All these dramas will be performed one after one from 6 P.M. onwards on 22^nd September 2012 at Town Hall Balangir. It is a free show and all are invited.

All these three plays have been directed by one director, Mr. Prashant Khamari, an acclaimed theatre director of western Odisha who has been awarded several times at different drama competitions in national and state level. Khamari is best known for his creative concepts and applications, of theatre tactics since his college days.

Khamari said to the blogger (Himanshu Guru), “ This is perhaps for the first time in the country that we are doing three plays in three languages in three hours, organized by one forum ‘Nataraj Kala Parishad’ and directed by one director i.e. me (Prashant Khamari). Earlier also we had appeared with new concepts such as ‘Koshali Apera’. Hope the audience will appreciate our effort”.