The Bhopalites witnessed the essence of Munshi Premchand's wtiting in a Bundelkhandi play ‘Kafan’ on Tuesday. The play was staged at Little Ballet Trouoe auditorium under Bundelkhandi theatre festival.
Another play, Ram Prasad Bismil was also performed on the same day.
Kafan was directed by Kshitij Sharma and Ram Prasad Bismil was directed by Yogesh Tiwari. The short story, ‘Kafan’ and is about people who are unemployed and also do not urge to do any work.
The story revolves around a poor family where the daughter-in-law is expecting good news. But, her husband and father-in-law are least interested to take care of her. Somehow she ends up with a harsh death. Soon after her death, her husband and father-in-law goes to the Zamindar to ask for some money to buy a Kafan for her.
As they get the money, both spent it on alcohol and dinner rather than perfoming the funeral of the woman.
Through this Bundelkhandi adaptation of short story the director has tried to showcase the cruel reality of society. Along with this the poverty and unemployment in Bundelkhand have been presented in theatre.
In addition to the Bundeli dialect and folk music was also added in the play to let the audience experience the Bundelkhandi flavours.
