PATNA: As many as 213 child artists from all overIndia are performing nukkad natak ( street plays) and various other plays during the celebration of Bihar Diwas at a three-day ‘Rashtriya Bal Rang Mahotsava’ being organised by Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan at Kalidas Rangalaya here.
This Mahotsava is also a tribute to Rekha Jain, a veteran of children’s theatre who passed away recently.
Altogether 12 teams from all over India have come here to give performances. Of them, nine teams comprising 137 child artists are from Bihar. Four teams are from Delhi, Assam and Haryana with 76 child artists.
On the last day of this Mahotsav on Thursday, Shilpkanan theatre group of Assam will perform ‘Prem Bin Nahi Dharm Aana’, Dharohar group from Haryana will perform ‘Bobby Breaker’ and Khilona of New Delhi will stage its drama ‘The Clowns Cry For The Moon’.
The theatre groups of Patna, including Naunihal, Akshara Arts, Sargam Arts and Raag will present nukkad natak.
On the first two days of the Mahotsav, Theatre in Education (TIE)/ Sanskar Rang Toli, a wing of National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, and various other theatre groups of Bihar, including Panchkoshi from Saharsa, Modern Theatre Foundation of Begusarai, Kilkari Bihar Bal Bhawan of Patna, HMT of Patna, Safarmaina of Patna and Praveen Sanskritik Manch, Patna gave their performances.
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