Sanskriti Theatre Group presents "Bhishma... Story of a legend" Hindi Play at Shri Ram Temple, J-Block, Phase-I, Ashok Vihar > 8pm on 28th August 2013

Time : 8:00 pm

Duration : 183 min.

Entry : For Passes Contact : Rajeev Raj Gupta (9811675050)

Place : Shri Ram Temple, J-Block, Phase-I, Ashok Vihar, Delhi
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Keshav Puram(Red Line)

Event Description : Rajeev Raj Gupta of Sanskriti Theatre Group, A wing of Green Protection Force presents 'Bhishma... Story of a legend' Hindi Play. 
Shantanu saw Ganga on the banks of river Ganga and enamoured of her beauty, asked her to marry him. She agreed but with the condition that Shantanu would never question her, no matter what her actions. If he ever broke his promise, she would leave him. Shantanu readily agreed and married to Ganga. Eight children were born and drowned by their mother Ganga. Shantanu silently bore the torture of watching his wife drown his offspring seven times. However, when Ganga was about to drown Bhishma, Shantanu could no longer contain his anguish and burst into protest. However, since Shantanu had broken his promise given to her at marriage, she left Shantanu promising to return the child to him once he is grown up. During his childhood.
Bhishma means He of the terrible oath, referring to his vow of lifelong celibacy. Originally named Devavratha, he became known as Bhishma after he took the bhishana pratigya. The vow of lifelong celibacy and of service to whoever sat on the throne of his father (the throne of Hastinapur). He took this oath so that his father, Shantanu could marry a fisherwoman Satyavati. Thus sacrificing his 'crown-prince' title and denying himself the pleasures of conjugal love. This gave him immediate recognition among the gods and his father granted him the boon of Sweccha Mrityu.
In the great battle at Kurukshetra, Bhishma was the supreme commander of the Kaurava forces for ten days compared to Drona's five, Karna's two and Salya's one-the last day. He fought reluctantly on the side of the Kauravas; nevertheless, he gave it his best effort. Each day he was killing around 10,000 soldiers of Pandavas. At one stage Arjuna's disinclination to fight him, nearly made Krishna break His vow not to raise a weapon in the war. Not even Arjuna was able to defeat Bhishma because in addition to being a peerless warrior he was blessed with choosing the moment of his death.
In this war, Bhishma vowed not to kill any of the Pandavas, as he loved them, being their grandsire. Duryodhan often confronted Bhishma alleging that he was not actually fighting for the Kaurava camp as he wouldn't kill any Pandava but would let them kill Kauravas. But in fact, Bhishma was the strongest barrier that had protected the Kaurava camp from impending defeat.
The tenth day of battle - Shikhandi accompanied Arjuna on the latter's chariot and they faced Bhishma who put his bow and arrows down. He was then felled in battle by a reluctant, ashamed and tearful Arjuna pierced by innumerable arrows. As Bhishma fell, his whole body was held above the ground by the shafts of Arjuna's arrows which protruded from his back, and through his arms and legs. Seeing Bhishma laid on such a bed of arrows humbled even the gods who watched from the heavens in reverence, silently blessing the mighty warrior.
Bhishma was not only a good warrior, but also highly skilled in political science. He tried his best to bring reconciliation between Pandavas and Kauravas to prevent the war. Even in the Kurukshetra war while he was the general he tried his best to keep the war low key by minimising confrontation between the two camps. Even as he fell he tried to use the opportunity to persuade both camps to put an end to the war. After the war, while on his deathbed he gave deep and meaningful instructions to Yudhishthira on statesmanship and the duties of a king.

Directed by : Rajeev Raj Gupta
This dramatic play is directed by Mr. Rajeev Raj Gupta, diploma holder from the reputed Shri Ram Center, Mandi House and YMCA, worked for several productions and serials. Have done Film Making course from Institute of Moving Images, Mumbai with excellent grades. He is a well known choreographer also, specially works to give chance to upcoming artists to show their talent. His group Sanskriti Theatre Group is well known group for giving platform to upcoming artists and for the productions based on mythological events and patriotic themes. In the last 15 years (since 1999) group has been performed several ballets like Krishna or Mahabharata…the battle begins, Durga, Shiva, Draupadi, Meera, Karna-Katha and Dasha-avtar, now in this segment, group is moving ahead with the new production called Bhishma …life of a Legend.

The Cast
Shantanu – Anshul
Ganga – Alpana
Bhishma – Raj Gupta
Satyawati – Manju
Amba & Shikhandi – Alka
Vyas – Sarvesh
Shakuni – Mukesh
Krishna – Tarun
Yudhishthir – Sanjay
Bheem – Anshul
Arjun – Dipak
Nakul – Gautam
Sehdev – Kamal
Duryodhan – Nikhil
Dushsashan – Manish
Vidur – Rahul
Kunti – Priya
Draupadi – Gayatri
Dhritrashtra – Ashok

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