National Theatre Festival ‘Alfaz’ includes many cultural activities….

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Recently,Natyansh society of Dramatic and Performing Arts organized Short play competition for the Children of local Schools of Udaipur at Lokmanya Tilak auditorium ,Maharashtra Samaj , Bhupal pura on Saturday morning. More than 150 little actors of 10 teams presented plays on the themes like,Save Girl Child, Voice against dowry, gender equality,significance of Women in Society and Women Empowerment. Children put their best in showcasing their concern over such vital issues. I witnessed this event as Judge accompanying Shri Deepak Joshi, senior dramatist of town.
It was an encouraging experience to watch children performing with full enthusiasm and discipline. The coordinator of event Mohammad Rizwan Mansuri told, it was great opportunity for children to show case talent,obsereve other performances and interact with children from other schools. It was a healthy competition in children. The objective of Natyansh was very clear. They strived to encourage young generation towards theatrical activities and also to show the hidden plight of women in the society. It was a need of hour to protect and respect women for a healthy society.
Central Academy,Sector 5,Hiran Mangari got first prize,Saint Anthony’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 14 got second and Seedling the World School received third prize. Three children namely Digvijay Singh and Vaishnavi Tiwari got Best Acting Awards while Riyanshi Chauhan got award for best dialogues delivery.
This Children’s Short Drama Competition was again a positive sign towards promoting theatre activities among children.Children are more sensitive and are good audience. They have also inherited acting talent, but need to be honed and helped. Regular theatre activities in schools will certainly go a long way in making children more creative and responsible citizen.
Amit Shrimali, founder of Natyansh described that they also added activities like poetry recitation, Story telling, Nukkad Natak, online photography competition as well as Drawing and Painting competitions during last week for generating interest of public towards the coming drama festival.
Natyansh Team in collaboration with Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal,Udaipur is organizing 6th Annual Drama Festival, ‘Alfaz’ at Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal from 30 November to 3 December.
On 30 November, Gobardanga Naksha, Kolkata, West Bengal will present ‘Binodini’ directed by Ashish Das. On 1 December,Prastaav Theatre Group of New Delhi will present ‘Mahua Charit’ directed byRaj Narayan Dixit. Natyansh Society will present ‘Kissa Mauj pur ka’directed by Abdul Mubin Khan and ‘Pagalkhana’ directed by Ashfaq Noor Khan Pathan on 2 and 3 Dec. respectively.All these plays are dedicated to decorum and empowerment of women. This venture of ‘Natyansh Team’ should be supported thoroughly.

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