The stage is set for Lucknowites...

A play titled '

Jalta Hua Rath

' was staged at Rai

Umanath Bali

Auditorium in Qaiserbagh. The play was presented under the direction of theatre director

Rajni Singh

and commenced with chief guest Rakesh and special guest Veda lighting the inaugural lamp.

(L) Devendra (R)

Gopal Sinha

(BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)
The story of the play was based on the 1984 Sikh riots wherein a man realizes that he has lost his entire family. He goes around in search of his family and along the way helps whoever is in need. The man is so consumed with grief that whoever he comes across, he looks at him and her as family.
— Yashi Agarwal

Disha Panjwani and Sujan Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L) Himanshu Bhatia (R) Deepti Gupta and Vikram Singh (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)