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Nar Nari urf Thankku Baba Lochandas

Production

Writer name: Nag Bodas

Directed by: Raju Kumar

Storyline of the play revolves around the tradition of the village, where in the name of Baba Lochandas, male’s dress up & behave like women. The main idea of the play lies in the fact that every male has a part of femininity and every female has a side of masculinity. This play highlights the in depth relationship of male and female, love, selfishness, and ebb and flow of emotion.When males turn into female and behave like women with their wives this whole scenario creates situational humour and comedy that entertains the audience and also gives the philosophical aspect to the defined men-women relationship. Story of the play gives a new dimension to this relationship and creates a space for new perspective for this in the minds of audience.

Birth and Death

Street Play

Writer name: Zahir Usman

Directed by: Raju Kumar

This play was staged in small villages of Rajasthan. As name suggests it explains why registration of death and birth is essential.These certificates are required in registration of property, transfer of property,making passport, making legal ID’s etc.This play also gives detailed information about where and how these documents can be made.

Go green

Street Play

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

GO GREEN a play based on vigilant topic of tree plantation and increasing pollution. It reveals how a green forest is converted into a concrete forest. Using simple dialogues, complex formations and examples it shows importance of trees .Telling story of peasants it shows how global warming is affecting the seasons and how their crops are adversely effected by it. This play starts with simple poetry about nature and goes intense towards end with raising questions on how and when we are going to end hurting our mother nature.

Mubark Ho Ladki Huei h

Street Play

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

In India in many regions there is a tradition of “making sound with metal plates” on birth of a baby boy but not on birth of baby girl. This play raises question why not, babies are gift of god, it doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or girl it’s a gift.In North India sex ratio is depleting, and number of girls per 1000 boys is decreasing year by year. This play shows how girls are more important to a family than a boy.This play also won UNESCO award at Delhi.

Mahro Rajasthan

Production

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

“Rajasthan” a state full of vivid colours, arts and traditions. ”Mahro Rajasthan” is a play depicting all these arts, traditions and colours.This play shows all the traditions of Rajasthan in detail like “Teej”,”Gangaur”,”Ramdev Jayanti”,”Pushkar fair,”Kite Festival” etc.It involves full dramatization of how these festivals are celebrated.Most importantly it shows the unique art of String Puppetry which is found only in Rajasthan.It throws light on decreasing popularity of this art and also what problems these artists have to face.

A for AIDS

Production

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

AIDS is considered worst taboo in our society.This street play explains that an AIDS patient is also a part of society and should not be discarded.It also explains how AIDS spread what precautions should be taken to avoid it.Whole thing sounds very serious but it is explained in a comic way through a King and his peasants.

Rakt National Winner

Street Play

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

BLOOD the fuel of human life.We all have more than enough blood in our body, we can easily spare a little to save someone else’s life.Buthow many of us do it! Only a few.Rakt is that play which motivates you to donate blood.Using valid facts and creative human formations this play shows how important it is to donate blood and do your part in saving another human life.
This play won NATIONAL award in category of street play at Channel [V] Nokia India Fest (2012) Goa.

Say No To Cracker

Street Play

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

When Lord Ram came to visit Jaipur on diwali he was very dishearted to see the overuse of the crackers for celebration which creates alot of pollution. This was the storyline of the street play ‘Say No To Crackers’ which highlights the negative aspects of crackers which effects the health of newborn babies, old age people and also motivates the audience to celebrate diwali with lightening lamps and sharing of sweets.

Social Not Working

Production

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

Social not working is a question on todays increasing spider web of internet.This play shows how increased use of social networking site is intruding our lives and affecting it.Real life events related to cyber crimes are shown in the play.In this play we have tried to highlight both dark and bright side of using internet .We raise a question that is internet an important part of our liifeif yes then to which extent.

Police Life

Production

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

Police is that part of our society which works 24 hours for our safety.We can sleep soundly because they are awake.This play tells us about life of police officers, the hardships they have to face to maintain peace, law and order in society.

Paheli

Production

Writer name: Upendranath Ashk (translation by Raju Kumar)

Directed by: Raju Kumar

Paheli is the play based on the exploration of hidden emotions in the fathoms of the heart of a woman. Paheli is a saga of contradiction between the concept of differnce in the rights of men and women in a society where the suspicion of a husband on his wife destroys her trust and expectations from her marriage.

Premiyon Ki Vapasi

Production

Writer name: Harishankar parsai (play translation Anil Marwari)

Directed by: Raju Kumar

The play ‘Premiyon Ki Vapasi’ is a satirical comic story of lovers who end their lives in order to be with each other even after death. The play depicts it through humour that how society creates boundations for the people in love and there is no place left where they can cherish their love except heaven.

Bhadhate Kadam

Production

Writer name: Raju Kumar

Directed by: Raju Kumar

‘Bhadhate kadam’ is a street play that was prepared with the special children of Umang which highlights the rights of the disabled people and infrastructure facilities that should be provided to them by the government and educational institutions.

Uska Beta

Production

Writer name: Feol De Almedia

Directed by: Raju Kumar

The play ‘Uska Beta’ has been written by a famous Spanish writer ‘Feol De Almedia’. The theme of the play is based on the storyline wherein an emotional depiction of a mother’s love towards her son is undertaken. She waits for her son who is to arrive after 20 years from Jammu and Kashmir as he works in the Indian army. But the tragic aspect is that her son had already died 10 years ago and that the son doesn’t returns rather a message of death arrives with his chilhood friend who also belongs to the army. The play enriches the love of a mother towards his son and holds the audience spell bound till the end where the mother loses her life waiting for his son.