Punaschya Abalokara

THE DIRECTOR…..

Darpa Narayan Sethi, born in 1956 a prominent theatre director is a founder member of Satabdira Kalakar a leading theatre organization of Odisha working continuously since last five decades in the field of theatre. Besides, directing plays he translated many plays from other languages. In the endeavour to enrichOdia theatre galaxy, till date he has directed more than 40 plays which prove his creativity. Among his body of work, plays like Banchhara Bagicha (SajanoBagan ) and Mahumachhi ( Chakh Bhanga Madhu), both the plays written by eminent playwright Manoj Mitra, Leheron Ke Rajhans by Mohan Rakesh, Bali Ka Bakra by Chandra SekharKambhar, CharandasChor by Habib Tanveer, Ek Tha Gadha Urf Allahdad Khan by Sarad Joshi, Ghara by Gourahari Das, Abujha Raja by SiteshTripathy, Shuka Shari Katha by Kartik Rath have brought him appreciation and applauded by the critics and viewers alike. And the process of his creativity he has successfully discovered, nurtured to flourish and prove the hidden talent of quite a few theatre artistes and helped them find them own identity.

THE GROUP…..

Odisha Natya Sangha founded by some eminent theatre activists in 1988 and its head quarter is at Bhubaneswar. The Sangha, a socio cultural association coordinates and act as a nodal body for the theatre groups of Odisha also took responsibility to take appropriate measures for development and popularisation of theatre movement in the State and Country by conducting Theatre Festivals, seminars, publishing theatre journals and theatre workshops to enrich theatre movements in the state.

Till date 150 theatre organizations from 30 districts are under one umbrella i.e. Odisha Natya Sangha. Odisha Natya Sangha acts as the nodal body of the member organisations which represents these organisations during any discussion with the State Govt. for development of theatre and other theatrical activities in Odisha. As a result, the member organisations are able to avail the benefits of different schemes of State Govt.meant for Odia theatre.

Having deemed his spineless, mentally parasite son unfit for the throne, the king wishes to establish democracy in the country and to let the people choose their suitable ruler. Soon the news reached to the prince by a cunning ambitious courtier. The furious prince apprehending of losing the throne, killed his father by a secret killer with the persuasion of that cunning courtier and declared himself as the new King.

After becoming the king, he appointed the cunning courtier as his new minister expelling the former. In this changing scenario, the cunning new minister virtually misruled the country in the name of the new King which leads to complete anarchy in the land. Due to miss-governance, once a rich and developed nation gradually faces many problems, mentally parasite and spineless King dismissive of every prudent advice of Bigyanbyakti chooses to approve strange and disastrous decisions suggestedby the cunning minister which only multiplies the problems.

Disruption of law and order, followed by bankruptcy, food crisis, ecological imbalance, infertility of agricultural land, widespread unknown diseases including death of new born babies leads to a critical situation,as such…once an affluent prosperous land turns into a lifeless desert, where greenery has been replaced by unending drought…. where clouds no longer percolated… where not evena blade of grass grows… the devastated land completely barren… and then…

DIRECTOR’S NOTE…..

Sri Sitesh Tripathy is a well-known litterateur of the State. The storyline of the play depicting about the futuristic universal problem and unique style of writing of Shri Tripathy will compel the audience to ponder over it. The mindboggling story depicts the possible cause of destruction of any developed country which makes the play very much relevant to the present-day society. Moreover, narrators of the play, two characters from famous Odia folktale ” Abolakara Kahani “, Gosain (The Pandit) and Abolakara (The disciple) have been clubbed very interestingly which is fascinating enough to direct this play.