A drama based on Guruprasad Mainali's famous story 'Kartavya' is being staged at Monster Film and Ojas Theater (Shaili Theatre) Ratopul. According to the demand of the audience, a regular show has been added from 21st August to 31st every day at 5:30 PM.
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A regular show of the drama 'Kartavya' based on the famous story of the storyteller Guru Prasad Mainali has been added. When 'Kartavya', limited to letters and pages, was revived on the stage, the demand of the audience increased. Along with this, the director of the play Pushparaj Awasthi informed that the regular show of the play has been added.
From Saturday (21st August) to 31st August, the 5:30 pm show has been added regularly. The drama is of 1 hour 15 minutes duration . This play was previously shown to schools and organizations on the basis of booking. In addition to this, Awasthi informed that offers were also placed on regular shows. He said, 'There is a story of brothers in the play. In the regular show if brothers and sisters come to watch the play together, both of them will get to see it with one ticket .'
Painter Pushparaj Awasthi has given a new flavor to the emotional story of father's generosity and ups and downs between two brothers after his death, which Mainali described in a simple way as a story of hilly rural terrain. That is the Far West setting. Awasthi, the creator and director of the play, has taken the characters and environment of Mainali's story to the farthest point. The lifestyle there, the lifestyle there . Since the festival, the dialect is also there . From the women singing gaura to the distant songs and music playing in the background, the drama has been made special. The play will surely make the reader who has read the story in the school textbook happy and surprised .
director Awasthi says, 'In this play, I have included the culture, songs and customs of the Far West. It is my wish that the students can understand the 'duty' they read in the book more clearly by watching it on stage.'
In Mainali's 'Kartavya' story, after the death of the father, the siblings have to give up their personal happiness and fulfill their responsibilities towards the family and society. Puru Lamsal has been given the task of turning this famous story into a drama. He says - 'The simplicity of Mainali's stories lies in her reality. But revealing this reality through dialogue, acting and stagecraft was a big challenge.' Actors Ruvin Sunar, Pradeep Vishwakarma, Anjana Dulal, Ujwal Saipom Rai, Tripti Shrestha, Prashant Humagain, Savita Tamang, Santosh Dhakal, Arjunhang Rai, Tulsi Rai, Mukesh Vishwakarma, Anish Bogti, Utsav Karki, Dhiren Karki, Rashmi Gurung and Hima Jisi will be seen performing on the
stage. The play has music by singer Bhuvan Dahal and Janak Tamrakar. Anjana Dulal has done the costume work in the play and Savita Tamang has done the lighting management. Choreography is by Shyam Karki and Pradeep Vishwakarma and Govindraj Khadka are involved in music arrangement, while Ujjwal Saipom Rai and Sagar Karki are involved in stage management.
Born in 1957, Mainali is considered to be the first writer to liberate Nepali stories from fantasy and didacticism and put them on the ground of reality. In his story, there is a realistic depiction of village characters, poverty, superstition, social evils and human feelings.
etc., as a joint performance of Monster Film and Ojas Theater (Shaili Theatre), this play is being staged from August 11th by Monster Film and Ojas Theater (Shaili Theatre) in Ratopul, Kathmandu.
