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Moteram Ka Satyagrah

Hindi Play, Timing: 19:00 [February 23, 2013 - February 23, 2013]

Ishwak Singh, Shilpi Marwaha, Shiv Chauhan, Palak Bhutani, Gaurav Mishra, Rahul Khanna, Suraj Singh, Himansu Maggo, Manu Chaudhary, Abhishek Pandey, Manoj Yadav, Rohit Vaid, Vivek Sharma, Ashish Sejwal, Rinki Negi, Nisha, Kunal Sharma, Pankaj Datta, Kakoli Gaur, Saveree Gaur, Neetu Singh, Bijay, Davinder Singh, Devesh, Naman, Prasant, Praveen Kumar, Subham, Tushar, Vimal, Shah, Vinay, Ratan, Manoj, Saurabh

Theater > Comedy

New Delhi > Delhi > India

Asmita Theatre Group presents Musical Satire Based on Munshi Premchand's story, Moteram Ka Satyagrah (Hindi Comedy - 1:30 hrs) Play, Adaptation by Habib Tanveer and Safdar Hashmi, directed by Arvind Gaur. The play is a comic-satire with all the elements of music. On the surface, the play appears to be a simple story about a Brahmin from Banaras. The town of Banaras adorns itself to receive a Viceroy, as per the directions given by the Magistrate - Sir William Parkinson. Pandit Moteram Shastri, the protagonist seems to have bitten more than he can chew, and agrees to go on a hunger strike to stop the people of the town from declaring a 'Hartal'. Whether or not the pundit succeeds in controlling his hunger brings the play to its comical climax. There is more to this play that meets the eye. It deals with larger issues of relationship between Religion & Politics. The playwright, intricately weaves the threats of this rather sensitive subject into a cohesive and entertaining play. The issues raised are as relevant and contemporary now, as they were under the colomset's rule. Tickets: Rs. 200, 100 and 50.