NSD should prepare plays on incidents connected with unsung heroes and stories of bravery before the citizens: Arjun Ram Meghwal
The Ministry
of Culture, Government of India is celebrating India’s 75th year of
Independence as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. On this occasion, National School of
Drama (NSD), New Delhi is organizing a festival “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav- 22nd
Bharat Rang Mahotsav, 2022 (Azadi Segment)” to remember and pay tribute to our
freedom fighters, under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav 2022” from 16th July to 14th August 2022. The opening ceremony of
the festival was inaugurated by Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs and Culture, Govt of India, Arjun Ram Meghwal. Malini Awasthi, Padma
Shri Awardee and renowned Indian folk singer and Arvind Kumar, Director,
Ministry of Culture, were among those who were present on the occasion .
Addressing on the occasion, Arjun Ram Meghwal stated
that there are many unsung heroes of freedom struggle who have actively
participated in the freedom movement, yet have been unable to become a part of our
history of freedom struggle. Giving an example, he also mentioned that in
the year 1913 in Maangarh, the tribes of that region have been brutally
tortured and killed but it is not a well highlighted incident. The theatre
activists and the National School of Drama should come forward to prepare plays
based on those incidents switch should be performed across the country to make
the citizens aware of such heroes and bring out their stories of bravery and
courage, he added.
Malini Awasthi
in her address mentioned the various folk songs that were being sung across
large part of India in the praise of the freedom fighters. Many of such songs
were banned by the British Government but folk artists kept on singing them and
thus taking the stories of unsung heroes to the next generation. Prof Ramesh
Chandra Gaur, Director, National School of Drama, presided over the festival.
The opening
ceremony was followed by the performance of the play “Aranyadhipati Tantia
Mama” Directed by Bansi Kaul.