15 days of theatrical extravaganza concludes in Jaipur

The eighth edition of the

Theatre Olympics

concluded on Sunday after 15 days of theatrical extravaganza. The closing day saw '

Shastra-Santan

', directed by

Ashok Sagar Bhagat

. The Hindi play depicts how children carry the legacy as well as the burden of the unfulfilled ambitions of royal families. The play is based on the power struggle between two brothers, to achieve the royal throne.

Theater Olympics concluded with the play Shastra-Santan at

Ravindra Munch

Based on a story taken from the epic,

Mahabharata

, the play showed how Pandu offers his beautiful wives Kunti and Madri to the gods for ‘Niyoga’, without any remorse or guilt, merely to possess a son. While another character, Dhritarashtra is equally obsessed for power and has a hundred sons.