'Ek Ghoda Chhey Sawaar' rides high on humour and real values

BHOPAL: Yet another masterpiece by Ranjeet Kapoor wowed theatre buffs at an indoor auditorium Antarang hall of Bharat Bhavan on Friday evening.
The play, 'Ek Ghoda Chhey Sawaar' had a strong element of humor with essence of human values. On one hand, characters in the play depicted the evil side of human nature like greed, dishonesty and selfish motives. On the other, they portrayed hardworking attitude, forthrightness and honesty.
The story revolves around commercial poet Arun Bakshi (lead character), who works for an obsessive yet caring boss Mr Padamjee.
In opening scene, wife of Arun doubted him for having an affair with many girls. Later, it turned out Arun had a curious hobby of selecting winning horses for the day's horse races.
He confirms the winning horse at the end of the day and writes down national winning for the day. Not interested in making money, it is just that he is passionate about horse races.
But other characters like Arun's brother-in-law Bhajan Lal Arora, three goons and hotel staff all want to use Arun's ability to predict winning horse for them.
The play acquires humorous hues when goons hide Arun in a hotel room to make money. Misunderstanding arises when Arun's wife think that he left her because she was rude to him. Arun's brother-in-law believes he had left for Switzerland with his boss to make more money.
Unaware of happenings, Arun was diligently trying to meet the deadline his boss has set for him to deliver the poems.
Later, it was discovered that Arun will never get any thing when he will bet for himself. The play ends with a poem from Arun extolling virtues of hard work and diligence as the only true way to move ahead in life.
The duration of the play was 150 minutes, presented by Paradoy, Mumbai and directed by Ranjeet Kapoor.
Prateek Shukla, 22, a student from BSSS, I have seen the plays of Kapoor sir but this was fantastic, the energy was high and every single character was perfectly placed. I liked the last part a lot when the situation of confusion prevailed amongst the characters.
Mahi Barmecha, 38, a resident of Chuna Bhatti, the play was presented beautifully; the ending is too good and heart warming.