The Chauri Chaura incident brought to life on stage in Lucknow

To honour the martyrs and make the countrymen aware of the stories of their sacrifice, dedication and devotion, as part of the efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government to celebrate the

Chauri Chaura

Centenary Year and Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, the play Agni Kahin Bhadak Naa Jaaye was staged at the Thrust Auditorium at BNA, in the city.

Vijit Singh

(BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

Ashi Chaturvedi (L) and Khushi Tiwari (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

The Chitra Mohan play was conceptualised and directed by Manoj Joshi and was inspired by the Chauri Chaura incident.

(L) Bhavya Dwivedi (R) Manoj Sharma (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L) Nawal Shukla (R) Neelam Srivastava (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

A colourful backdrop and the perfect acting of the actors trasported the audience back to the British ear when the incident took place.

Piyush Upadhyay

, Madhu Verma, Ashish Awasthi, Ajit Narayan, Jaswant Singh, Nirmal Kumar, Abhishek Dubey, Antima Singh, Dheeraj Kumar and

Vibha Singh

played important characters in the play.

(L) Neha Mishra and

Pandit Anuj Mishra

(R) Nitish Bharadwaj (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)

(L)

Pinkul Singh

(R) Anamika Tiwari (BCCL/ Aditya Yadav)