All the world's a stage................

The word drama comes from the Greek word to do or to act.Natya or rang , in hindi ,a microcosm of the real world created on a stage.Drama is on of our ancient art ,who doesn't knows Kalidas,the one waho has made his place among that galaxy of stars where each name represents a soul of an epoch.Drama is such a intricate and complex subject that whatever knowledge i possess it will be like a drop in ocean to comment on it.Instead i will dwell upon a little observation that i found to write something on drama though not a comment or a critique but still something important.
Like every other place in India ,in chhattisgarh Drama too has a long but living history.Famously known as NAACHA, Naacha in which predominantly act was played with dialogue in rhythmic form accompanied by tabla or dhol or harmonium.It was a part of rural social life rather than just being a thing of entertainment .But yes entertainment was important in Naacha as to attract a tired farmer or a labor out of his misery ,would not had been possible if the naach or drama could not entertain him that is uplift him out of his misery and take to a relatively happier world though for a few hours only.As my grandfather told me Naccha or Ramlila had been an important activity just more than entertaining.He told ,that Naacha was played by mostly laborers, servants , keepers and others who had so much anger against the conditions imposed on them by the contemporary feudal system.They needed a way to vent off their anger as well as show the talent they have which otherwise was not appreciated in the society.Even the Maalguzaars and Zamindars knew and understood the sarcastical dialogues in the drama.But they endured it consciously so as to thwart the greater evil, a revolt by the peasants.Theme often touched the exploitative system of Zamindari and caste but ostentatiously it looked something different.Darama was enlightened by the social issues like dowry ,approachability etc which were so critical issue that they can only be discussed in jovial environmnet of a naacha otherwise these issues had ability to strike a major riot or something like that.
Drama too was thus enriched by the feeling that the actors had in their hearts which often brought a realism in their act.My mother often tell that in Chandeni Gonda ,act showed the torments a mother-in-law undergoes in hands of her newly married daughter- in-law ,the audience would sometimes get so emotional and agitated that they would utter abuse against the actress playing the role of the daughter and often throw shoes on her across the stage.
The important thing was that people who in morning were peasants and laborers turned into a different being at evening in the Naacha.
The theater has progressed much since from then .Dedicated teams and people today glitter the field.The scope of stories has too enlarged and diversified.(continued...)