Natrang’s new play ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ premiered at IIM Jammu

Jammu,July 20: A new play of Natrang ‘Naye Yug Ki Naari’ written and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur was premiered here on Saturday at the majestic auditorium of IIM Jammu. Prof B.S. Sahay Director IIM Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion.
This show was a part of the orientation program organised by IIM Jammu for PhD 5th batch, PhD WP) 3rd batch, MBA 9th batch, MDA (HA&HM0 3rd batch and EMBA 4th batch. The onstage participants of the play were a part of the theatre internship programme organised by Natrang exclusively for GCW Parade and GCW Gandhi Nagar, who as a component of the training programme were provided with this rarest opportunity to acquire public performance experience.
Balwant Thakur who is known for devising innovative presentation styles, structured the play ‘Naya Yug Ki Naari’ in a chorus style. Interestingly in his this new style of presentation all performers from beginning to end get the equal opportunity of performance. It is a prerequisite that all learn and prepare the entire script and perform different roles on rotation basis. Whatever may be the number on stage, they are trained in such a manner that even 10% of the participants can perform the entire play with similar effectivity. This new innovation of Balwant Thakur is aimed at revolutionizing the theatre movement which suffers extensively when few amongst the team of performers refuse to turn up for the shows. Artists may come or go, this style of presentation will never allow the play to die and will always strengthen the slogan ‘Show Must Go On’.
Play ‘Naya Yug Ki Naari’ speaks loudly about the new-age women. Opening with a narrative full of depressing stories of the exploitation of women from birth to death, the play in a highly effective manner conveys a strong message aimed at total change of society’s mindset. Fact remains that there have been significant achievements in doing away gender inequality, the journey towards dismantling deeply ingrained patriarchy and achieving women empowerment in India in true sense remains arduous. This eyeopener play is set to shake the society and will prompt all to give women the overdue space for growth to make India the most developed nation of the world.
Prominent poet and composer Brij Mohan significantly collaborated this play musically and the same was supported by senior artist Veerji Sumbli in design and craft. Experienced Neeraj Kant ably assisted Balwant Thakur in mounting this vibrant production whereas Mohd. Yasion was the coordinator.
The actors who received accolades, repeated thunderous applause and standing ovations included Mahi Verma, Payal Khanna, Shalini Bhagat, Aradhana Soodan, Akriti Jamwal, Ayushika Rajput, Harmandeep Kour, Pratishtha Sharma, Ayushi Sharma, Pooja Thakur, Palak Thappa, Prerna Sharma, Simran Rajput, Meenu Sharma, Geeta Thakar, Richa Dutta, Lakshita Devi, Pratibha Verma, Anshika Mangoch, Anshika Choudhary, Parul Magotra, Kibriya Gohar, Isha Gupta, Aditi Verma, Divyanshi Sharma, Pragi Sharma, Simran Bhagat and Mitali Sarmal.