Bhagya Apna-Apna - Play June 22, 2009

Kalidas Children Theatre Association presents Bal Natya Sandhya: Bhagya Apna-Apna - Play. Written & Directed by - V.K. Based on a Kazakh folk tale, Apna Apna Bhagya is the story of a lazy man named Qadir, who cannot figure out why his brother Ivan is prospering everyday, while his own life is deteriorating. His brother tells him that it is so because, perhaps, his Bhagya works very hard for him, while Qadirs Bhagya is sleeping somewhere under the shade of a big tree. Stupid that he is, Qadir sets out in search of his Bhagya so that he can wake him up and ask him to start working ! On the way, he meets various characters, viz a Lion who cant get rid of his continuous stomach-ache; a family of peasants who are on the verge of death because inspite of all the hard-work, their fields dont yield a crop; and finally a King, who inspite of all the riches at his disposal, is not happy. When Qadir tells each one of them that he is on his way to meet the Bhagya, they request him to ask him to give a solution to their problems. Qadir promises, and moves on. Finally Qadir does meet his Bhagya, who assures him of a bright future ahead, provided he does not miss the opportunity. The Bhagya also tells Qadir the solution to the problems of the people he had met on the way, i.e. the King, the Peasant and the Lion. On the way back Qadir meets the King and tells him that the King is actually a girl and it is difficult for him to keep this secret thats why he is upset, and if he could muster the courage to reveal the secret, marry someone and get rid of all troubles of running the Kingdom and live happily. The King reveals his true self a beautiful young lady and offers to marry Qadir. Qadir is baffled at her beauty and the prospects of becoming a king but refuses because he thinks it involves lots of hard work and risk at the hands of warring neighbours and moves on. Next he meets the peasant family and tells that their woes will be over if they dig out 40 vessels of gold buried in their field by a Rich Merchant about 200 years ago. The peasant family requests Qadir to help them dig out the gold and share the booty and also offer their daughters hand in marriage to him but Qadir refuses thinking that he may die of hard work by digging their field and leaves. Finally, he meets the Lion and he tells him that his stomach-ache will be gone forever if he savours the brain of a highly stupid human being. Ultimately when the Lion does get to know that Qadir has been highly stupid as he refused the opportunity to become a King or all the riches of the world and also refused to marry two very beautiful girls, the Lion decides to eat his brain to cure his stomach ache. Some-how Qadir gets saved and Lion gets killed. When Qadir comes to his senses, he feels that his Bhagya is really very good because he was sure to die but has been saved and therefore, realizes that the best part of his or any ones Bhagya is that he or she Lives ! And Qadir is a changed man after that, works very hard and goes on to become the village chief. V.K. Sharma, Director/Writer/Lyricist Founder Director of Khilona, V.K. Sharma is exclusively devoted to Theatre with and for Children for the last 18 years a graduate from National School of Drama (NSD) with over 30 years of experience in various aspects of theatre viz. writing, directing, translating, designing, etc - worked as Drama Teacher at Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi for about 4 years (1978-82) directing 12 plays for the schools various House Functions - worked with the NSD Repertory Co. as Artiste and toured all over India and abroad with various plays as Assoc Director/Stage Manager, Actor. He has been honoured by Sangeet Natak Academy Award for Theatre Direction in 2005. He has also worked/acted in various Films & Television Serials such as Richard Attenboroughs Gandhi, BBCs Jim Corbett, Jasoos Vijay NDTVs Ji Mantriji, TV 18s Bhanwar, Satish Kaushiks Muj

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