This story is from January 14, 2020

A play on Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts staged in Lucknow

A play on Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts staged in Lucknow
A scene from the play (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
A play titled Thoda-Thoda Gandhi was staged recently in Bhartendu Natya Akademi. The play, which was written by Rajesh Kumar and directed by Privendra Singh, saw theatre veterans from the city in attendance.
(L) Anil Rastogi (R) Kunal Silku and Dr Ankita (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Anil Rastogi (R) Kunal Silku and Dr Ankita (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Anil Rastogi (R) Kunal Silku and Dr Ankita (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Kunal Sinkhu from Uttar Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Mission was the Chief Guest for the evening.

The play, based on Rajesh Kumar’s Jhoopadpatti, revolved around the vanishing thoughts of Gandhi. The play opened up with an emotional speech on Gandhi’s life and thoughts by Basant Mishra who played the character of Kaviraaj. The key characters of the play, Khelavan Chacha, Jatta, Savitri, Gopi, were portrayed by Pradeep Shivhare, Shivam Pandey, Naina Singh and Ajay Kumar, respectively.
— Lakshya Nigam
(L) Madhu and Col GK Chaturvedi (R) Privendra Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Madhu and Col GK Chaturvedi (R) Privendra Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Madhu and Col GK Chaturvedi (R) Privendra Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Manisha Mehra (R) Vijit Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Manisha Mehra (R) Vijit Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Manisha Mehra (R) Vijit Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Puneet Asthana (L) and Rajesh Kumar (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Puneet Asthana (L) and Rajesh Kumar (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
Puneet Asthana (L) and Rajesh Kumar (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Rajni Malhotra and Zeniya Malhotra (R) Yash Chaurasia (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Rajni Malhotra and Zeniya Malhotra (R) Yash Chaurasia (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
(L) Rajni Malhotra and Zeniya Malhotra (R) Yash Chaurasia (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
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