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Play ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam' by Padmashree Vidushi Rita Ganguly staged at JKK
Artistes perform during the staging of the play 'Abhijnana Sakuntalam' held at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur. (Photo: Shalini Maheshwari)
The Festival's special attraction, the play ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam' written by Kavi Kalidasa was staged in Rangayan. The play was part of the Jaipur Theatre Fest’22 witnessed an interesting mythological story of Shakuntala.
Artistes perform during the staging of the play 'Abhijnana Sakuntalam' held at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur. (Photo: Shalini Maheshwari)
King Dushyanta who was out hunting in deep woods, came across Shakuntala in a hermitage and tried to win her love. He returned to the capital and instructed the girl to follow him.
A scene from the play 'Abhijnana Sakuntalam' staged at Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur. (Photo: Shalini Maheshwari)
The love-struck girl who was lost in her thoughts neglected the duties of hospitality towards sage, Durvasa. When he visited the hermitage, he cursed her that the man in whose thoughts she was lost shall no longer remember her. Later, when Shakuntala reached Dushyanta's court she was mocked and insulted about the whole affair and her pregnancy. The playwright wanted to justify the attitude of Dushyanta towards the young innocent maiden, Shakuntala, with the curse of sage Durvasa.
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