IPTA Raigarh: Festival concludes with Kahan Gaye Mere Ugna

Festival concludes with Kahan Gaye Mere Ugna
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IPTA Raigarh on 15 January, 2009 04:39:00
 
The 15th National Drama Festival ended with a musical 'Kahan Gaye Mere Ugna',
directed by Sanjay Upadhyay from Nirman Kala Manch, Patna. The play focused on
the life of Bihar's classical poet - Vidyapati.
Three contemporary poets of Bihar - Fanishwarnath Renu, Rajkamal and Baba
Nagarjun - narrate the story of Vidyapati and his disciple Queen Lakhima. The
play focuses on a small part of his life, where he leads his disciple into
hiding, due to a crisis on the king and his kingdom. All day and night they
travel and live in the forest in search of a hideout, so that she can be
protected from the crisis.
Meanwhile, Vidyapati is also on the quest to search his favorite disciple -
Ugna, who has left him. Time and again, they meet a nat and nati who keep
appearing in different avatars. The three cotemporary poets give their views on
the great classical poet in different intervals and the story goes on untill
Vidyapati could not save Queen Lakhima from a terrible disease, and she dies.
The story ends here, but tries to capture the contemporary views on the
classical life.
The five day festival ended with inauguration on Rangkarm 2009 - annual magazine
and also with a promise to bring better and bigger event next year.