People showcase their individualistic mindset in play 'Baqi Itihaas'

Based on a story written by Bengali playwright,

Badal Sarkar

, ‘

Baqi Itihaas

’ directed by Brijesh Narain was staged at

Jawahar Kala Kendra

in Jaipur. The play explored the serious issue of physical abuse of girls and mental perversions of different individuals. The play was held as a part of the recently-concluded five-day ‘Natyotsav’ theatre festival. It is being held in collaboration with

North Zone Cultural Centre

, Patiala.

A still from the play Baqi Itihaas (Shalini Maheshwari/BCCL)

The plot follows the story of two men, Sitanath and Sharad. Sitanath is one of those innumerable people who no one knew about and because of this self-guilt, he commits suicide. On the other hand, Sharad’s wife, Vasanti is an author who is looking for her next big story. After reading about Sitanath’s death in the newspaper, she decides to base her book on his character and begins to build a fictional story around why Sitanath would have committed suicide. When Sharad doesn’t like his wife’s version of Sitanath’s story, he begins to write ‘Sitanath 2’. As Sharad’s story unfolds, some disturbing events take place created by his mental perversion.