Kathmandu: Arohan Gurukul has made a formal comeback in the theater
with the play 'Putali Ko Ghar'. Gurukul has started staging at Kunja Natakghar
in Thapagaun on Friday. The Nepali translation of Henrik Ibsen's play 'A Doll's
House' has been directed by Sunil Pokharel. Gurukul had earlier staged this play
for the 216th time in the country and abroad.
The play
focuses on the importance of the role of both husband and wife in maintaining
the mutual understanding and relationship in the family. For a man, to keep his
wife confined in the house only for his happiness and children, to dress up for
him is to make his husband aware of the drama of his sacrifice and penance. It
also carries the message that women need to be aware of their own coexistence
and identity building for self-reliance and empowerment.
Actor Nisha
Sharma is playing the lead role in the play which will be staged till January 7.
The play also stars Pokharel, Shekhar Chapagain and Anju Deuja. With the re-staging
of the old play, the Gurukul group was announced to be active in Kunj Theater. On
the occasion of the re-emergence of the Gurukul after a decade of closure, the
creators of fine arts and literature, including playwrights, celebrated the
return through their creations. Painters Kiran Manandhar, Radheshyam Mulmi, Samjhana
Rajbhandari, Asha Dangol and others created paintings in the courtyard of the
theater while poets like Sarada Sharma, Biplav Pratik, Mani Lohani, Momila
Joshi recited poems.
Manandhar
and playwright Harihar Sharma said that the gurukula has made a great contribution
in bringing Nepali theater to a modern stage and making a commercial leap.
"The role of Gurukul has
always been at the forefront in modernizing the education of Nepali theater in
a modern way," Sharma said.
Wished The
gurukula did not have its own land. There was no place to build a permanent
theater as the old Baneshwor theater had to be built due to land ownership. The
artists in the group were also scattered.
Some
reached the Nepali film industry while others formed different groups. Although
the gurukula, which was closed in 2011, was announced to return to a hall in
Kunja, Thapagaon, it is not certain whether it will continue to be active in
the field of drama in the coming days. According to Pokhrel, the founder of
Gurukul, a hall of Kunj has come into operation as per the agreement to operate
in the name of Gurukul for one year after the Kathmandu Municipal Corporation
agreed to provide one year rent.
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