A suspense comedy drama ‘Thane ki ek Raat’, written by IPS Officer Sanjay Ranjan Singh is going to be staged in the State Capital on February 29 and March 1 under the aegis of the Department of Art and Culture, Jharkhand in association with Aparna Sewa Sansthan Samiti.
The play has been directed by Abhiraj Kumar, while popular television actor Jitendra Vadher will be seen playing the lead role of the ‘Thanedaar’.
Other prominent actors include Pooja Kumari who plays the Thanedaar’s wife and Shubhankar Kumar as the Chowkidaar.
Priyanshu Raj, Ravi Rao Ambedkar, Pragya Kumari and Chandan will also be seen in character roles.
“The play talks about a shocking incident. It states that while being in the police willingly or unwillingly how one tends to be a part of an untoward incident and how it hampers the day to day functioning of the police station. The story is basically based on these two streams,” said Singh.
The suspense comedy drama portrays the day to day functioning of a police station and shows how an untoward incident which takes place at the venue is handled by the officials.
“The story revolves around how during the course of an interrogation, when a custodial death takes place, how the entire incident is kept under cover and away from the senior officials as well as the media. How ‘Badabadu’ who is the Thanedaar along with the ‘Chotababu’ and the other officials tries to keep the incident away from the limelight,” said the director Kumar.
The director further added that the play shows how the officials strive to remove all traces of evidence and also the body of the victim. “In order to add humour to the play, it shows how everyone is lying and also trying to cover up for each other,” added Kumar.
Talking about the characters, Kumar stated that though ‘Chowkidaar is a person of a lower designation, he is one of the most important individual in a police station who knows the local language and the surrounding very well.
Kuma has directed previous plays like ‘Ketki’ in which he was also seen on stage. Vadher has been a part of television shows like Sawdhan India, Crime Patrol Haunted Nights and Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain.
