Theater is a powerful and peaceful medium to put forward messages of change in society: senior theater Artist GD Bahar
Reyaz Rashid
Baramulla: On ‘World Theatre Day (WTD)’ 27 March, Mehboob Cultural Society Baramulla presented a rich theatrical presentation to celebrate the day in function organized by Adbee Markaz Kamraz at its head at Kanispora Baramulla.
A large gathering of eminent personalities and theatre lovers attended the function and appreciated the efforts made by Mehboob Cultural Society Baramulla and Adbee Markaz Kamraz and its affiliated units to preserve the theatrical legacy in Kashmir.
A short play LIBAAS -unfolding a rich theatrical story in front of the viewer’s eyes enthralled the audiences. The play was performed by two young artists of the society Jafar Bin Basheer and Tanzeel Akhoon. The performance and the concept of the presentation were broadly appreciated by audience present at the auditorium.
“For many years we used to perform a theater play mostly at Tagore Hall Srinagar on the world theatre day but this time due to the ongoing pandemic we had to follow the SOPs so we decided that we will have a short theatrical presentation which is actually a part of our upcoming theater play” said G M Mahir Convener Mehboob Cultural Society Bramaulla.
Speaking on the occasion president AMK Amin Bhat appreciated the theatre groups for their participation and said that “theater is a very powerful media to instill and enhance the intellectual thinking of a society while being a medium of entertainment at the same time. Theatre has the potential to make us understand different perspectives and creative dimensions of the issues that we face at personal, regional or global levels. On this day we are here to understand the importance of the theatre and the change that it can bring in a society”.
Mehboob Cultural Society is prominent theatre group of Kashmir Valley know for its bold and creative theatrical performances, It has to its credit some internationally acclaimed theatre Plays, NAAD, TCHAL, IDENTITY CARD, WHITE PAPER and others.
An elderly theater artist Ghulam Din Bahar of north Kashmir’s Baramulla town urged upon young artists to choose theater- a powerful and peaceful’ means to put forward messages of common people across all corridors including ‘power’ .
Bahar, who played varied roles in many theater plays presented by Mehboob Cultural Society Baramulla and acted in two super hit Bollywood films ‘Haider’ and ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ fears serious challenges for survival of Kashmiri theater ahead as he says young generation shows least interest in the cultural means to tell the truth which are more ‘powerful’ than gun or violence.
He recalls the theater play “Naad” (Calling), Tachall (the trap) which reflected the chaos and confusion in real life of people of trouble torn Kashmir.
In theater young artists must come forward to take this art to the next generation otherwise it will die a slow death.On the occasion, the audience present hailed the artists and the stage actors. Notably a theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
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