Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday there was youth festival organized in Bhavnagar University campus and Yashvantray Natya-Gruh. But I could not attend whole three days because of my ill health. Only for some time I visited the Yashvantray Natya-Gruh and I could attend single one-act play which was performed by K.P.E.S. college students named "Naag-Madal" written by Girlish Karnad. Honestly speaking it was not that much audible to last rows. But it was performed very well with natural expressions. They also won the championship trophy of 2015 youth festival.
Naag Mandal holds story of superstition and blind faith in that all. One disturbed young married couple- husband has bad habit to drink alcohol- beats his wife regularly- his illegal relationship with a prostitute- wife given some powder from a old lady fortune taller- which contains power to make someone fall into love with giver- wife mixed that powder in milk but, eventually she fails to make her husband drink- she throws it out side of the home- one (self wisher- iccha dhari naag- can disguise in anyone's appearance) snake drinks that thrown milk and falls into love with that young lady- every night he disguises in the appearance of her husband- he comes and tries to love her- even the lady becomes happy that her husband starts loving her- at morning real husband comes and beats her- this continues every day at night that snake comes in disguise of her husband; loves her and at morning the real husband comes and beats her- even the physical distance also removes between them two;but unknown from the reality lady gets pregnant- and one day she asks her husband while he beats her- husband doubts on wife's character- calls panchayat- decision is taken that her hand will offers before snake if he bites than she would considered as characterless woman and if the snake doesn't she will proved holy woman- appliances the verdict by panchayat- hand offers before snake and he doesn't bite her but twists around her nek- Everyone falls in her feet and starts taking her as a goddess. In performance play stops here but in original play story moves ahead and one morning when husband comes home she afraid if he will kill the snake there fore she takes snake in hand and knots it with her long hair. Thous, The title suggests "The Naag- Mandal".
Here, we doubts if the lady knows about that secret or her humanity shows here?
