Reviving the story of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

A troupe of forty artists from Arghya Kala Samiti presented the journey of the most controversial political figure from the time of Independence – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The play, aptly titled Kahani Subhash Ki was a thrity five scenes act which showed the periods of his childhood, college days, his meeting with the Japanese and Hitler and other major incidents of his life.It also included a scene where Netaji hoisted the first Independent Indian flag at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Since the Bose’s death is still a mystery that eludes everyone in the world, the director, senior actor-director Vaishali Gupta avoided the sequence. Instead she added an improvised scene in which a child proclaims, ‘Bose is alive in our hearts’.

The performance was staged in Shaheed Bhavan on Tuesday to commemorate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary.