A lot of excitement at play

Lucknowites made their way to Bhartendu Natya Academy (BNA) to witness the glorifying tale of Mashriqi Hoor, directed by Zafar Sanjari. The play was a presentation by the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Akademi where students participated in a three-month long drama workshop, where they prepared this play. This was the first theatrical experience for most of the students. Most did not know how to speak Urdu, so they were given special Urdu classes so that the pronunciations and delivery of dialogues was on point.

The story of the play revolved around Hoor, who belonged to a family of looters, they loot the rich and distribute it among the poor. Tables turn as the kingdom declares that they want to catch the robbers.
The walls of BNA echoed with applause as the play came to an end.
------- Manas Mishra