Rudali

“गरीब के कपार में,मालिक की जूती ही होती है” which translates to A poor man is always subjected to ridiculing by his master says Sanichari.All India Radio presented a hindi play Rudalias part of the Radio NatyaSandhaya. Rudali is a play written by Maha Shweta Devi based in the rural areas of Rajasthan.Maha Shweta Devi is a Dhaka born Indian. She mainly focuses on the brutal oppression and untouchability in rural India.

When the doctor wants his money

Rudali revolves around a woman’s life i.e. Sanichari. It pictures how a woman deals and struggles in many situations. First her father in law dies then her husband dies after which her daughter-in-law elopes and then finally her son succumbs to illness. They couldn’t afford to provide medicine to any of the family members. She is held responsible for al the deaths and is called a daayan i.e. witch. Even her grandson accuses her of being the witch in the family and responsible for all the deaths.

When the son of SANICHARI dies and she had no money for the funeral

The cast includes Himangni Amitabh – parvatiya, Aashutosh Shukla- Harua, Saarang Arora- mithaiwala, ShobhanaBharadwaj -Budhini, Kishore Sahchani- Bidhua, ManaalSaaed- Laxmi, Somri- Neha Tak, Brij Mohan Yadav- Bhatija and BachanLal, Pankaj Chup- Dadua, OojasKhurana- Badhua, Shagun Gupta- Chachi, ShauryaKharbanda- Thakur Madhav Singh, M Rashid- ekaadmi, GautamJaiswal- Gubbarewala, BimlaSachdiv- Bahuria and dancer, Vishwajeet- katputliwala, Rudali- IshaMalhan, ManjuJayante, IshaShandilya- Rudali and the dancer, Rudali and aurat-Shrishti and the lead character Sanichariis played by Kaajal.

An act in the play

The play was staged at the Stein Auditorium the India Habitat Centre.

The anchor presenting the play