Congress

CHANDIGARH, July 12: Degradation of feminine dignity – that’s what `Kameshwari’ staged at Tagore Theatre depicted. A vulgar presentation of otherwise delicate topic, the poetic play failed miserably in doing any justice to the `epic of kama’.

Based on a long poem written by Swarn Jit Savi, the poetic play came as a disappointment to a handful of people who constituted the audience. While an army of `artistes’ invaded the stage to assist the God of Love and his beloved `Kameshwari’, to depict the `never satisfied’ love of a man for a woman, the main `artistes’ failed to portray true love for each other. The end product was a `never ending’ and vulgar lust of a man excited by female body.

Equally bad was the background music . While the play started good half an hour behind schedule, the depiction of man’s `love’ for a woman lost its meaning in the vulgar presentation, making many people from the audience leave the play mid-way.

The play was directed by Narinder Sanghi who was assisted by Hardip Gill, also in the lead role. Anita Devgan’s wrote the script, while Kabal, Tejinder and Saleem provided the music. Pinkish, dressed up in a skimpy costume played the role of `Kameshwari’.