Hindi play bares corruption in governance & society

SD Sharma 

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Chandigarh, June 18

The monthly Jaspal Bhatti Sunday series of comedy plays organised by the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Tagore Theatre Society in collaboration with the Mask Theatre Group staged a comedy play, 'FIR', in Hindi here today. 

Written by Tapan Sinha, the socially relevant play had been subjected various aberrations and additions by director Ravinder Kumar to bring into focus the contemporary social milieu and the rising graph of corruption in all areas.

The play structured manly in the ambience of a police station brings into focus the psyche of two police constables and other staff members, always engaged in extortion from the credulous masses and also their modus operandi which forms the backbone the play. 

The comedy of errors comes into play as the cunning constables are told that the new SHO, a former CID officer, may join the duty in any garb. They extend all their services to a Ram Lila artiste dressed as Ravana who had come to lodge an FIR. Afterwards, the real SHO in old clothes inquires about the joining of the 

new SHO and gets thrashed due to mistaken identity. The situation provides 

comedy with thought pondering messages of social relevance. 

Abhimanyu Badhwan shined as the SHO. The director had planted diverse characters from different states like a Haryana, South India, Himachal Pradesh and more to add flavor to the play.