Rajeev Raj Gupta presents "Daanveer Karna... the unwanted one" Hindi Play at Ramlila Maidan, Kavi Nagar, Sec-18, Ghaziabad > 8pm on 15th October 2013

Time : 8:00 pm

Duration : 165 min. 

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : Ramlila Maidan, Sector-18, Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Vaishali (Blue Line)'

Event Details : Rajeev Raj Gupta presents 'Daanveer Karna... the unwanted one' Hindi Play. 

About the Play : while Kunti was young, had occasion to serve Rishi Durvasha. She looked after him with great dedication. Durvasha was highly pleased and gave Kunti a mantra(chant) and said that whichever God she would think of after reciting the mantra, would appear and bless her with his qualities. Just to check the Mantra, she start praying SUN and SUN appeared, Kunti got scared and wanted the Sun God to go away, but he pleaded his helplessness against the power of mantra. Surya however assured Kunti that even after being blessed with a son, she would still remain a. And Karna was born with kavach and kundal (armor which would make him invincible). Kunti was nevertheless afraid of social stigma and she put Karna in a basket and placed the same in the Ganges river, the basket was seen by Adhirath, a charioteer. He picked up the baby and brought him up. That is why Karna is also sometimes referred to as Sarathiputra. Parshuram accepted Karna as student. Duryodhana and Shakuni were jealous and sworn enemies of their cousins, the Pandava brothers. Duryodhana made Karna the king of Angadesh.  Duryodhan, in fact, built him up as a counterweight to Arjuna. Karna was against the Lakshagrah, Cheerharan and always preferring to fight in the field as all were great warriors. But Shakuni was not agree with him at all. Later, he came to know through lord Krishna that he is son of Kunti and elder brother of Pandavas, But he didn’t turned back. One day while Karna was prying SUN, Lord Indra came and asked for Karna’s Kavach and Kundal, which were parts of his body since birth and which made him invincible.  Lord Indra was taken aback at Karna's capacity to give away anything asked for.  He said, Karna, what you have done today, no ordinary mortal could have done. At the Kurukshetra battle, the wheel of his chariot sank in soft earth and he was immobilized.  At that time, Arjuna defeated him.  That was the end of Karna, one of the greatest warriors of Mahabharata who was also the greatest Daanveer.  A man who would never refuse the request for any gift or donation, howsoever costly that might be and irrespective of the consequences of giving to his own well being or security.

The Cast : 
Krishna – Sumit
Lord Sun – Ruvin
Dronacharya – Sarvesh
Bhishm – Ruvin
Yudhishthir – Mukesh
Bheem – Anshul
Arjun – Dipak
Nakul – Kamal
Sehdev – Amit
Duryodhan – Nikhil
Karna – Raj Gupta
Dushsashan – Manish
Shakuni – Mukesh
Vidur – Rahul
Kunti – Alpana
Draupadi – Manju
Dhritrashtra – Ashok
Gandhari – Reena

Directed by : 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, Bhishma …life of a Legend and Dasha-avtar, now in this segment, group is moving ahead with the new production called Daanveer Karna…the unwanted one.

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