The Most Relevant Play of this Confusing Times.
The drama "NA, TOR JONYO" (NO, only for you ) is a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artiste, Anjan. Anjan, with eyes full of big dreams, wants to create a world of ideals for the next generation. His wife, Jhinuk has conceived. In his study Anjan and Jhinuk plan for a bright future for their progeny, to pass on the dreams, to pass on the success…. Jhinuk leaves for her parental home to take necessary care of herself. The play begins……
The night alone at home takes a turn, looking into ANJAN…not only Anjan, into the present-day world through a microscope. The invasion, by utilizing modern-day technologies, AI, and the digital world, preys on the minds of humankind. Anjan, in the known surroundings of his drawing room, slips deeper into the quicksand of solitude in this competitive, ruthless world which aspires to take complete control of his mind. He keeps fighting to get a hold of himself, fight to counter the invasion of his mind, his values, and the system…..
The play reflects the violence, greed and perversions in the society, establishing the overarching invasions through digital means. Society stifles the urban middle-class aspirations which have put Anjan on a pathway of success, Or....is it a bigger scheme...playing at the hands of.... all of us.... are we being played at the hands of someone invisible...
Through the soul-mining by the playwright, Anjan transcends the barriers of perversions, violence, greed, the rat race and insensitivities.... looking beyond… only for you…only for his next generation…. overcoming the vices, his doubts and contradictions. The playwright depicted the struggle of Anjan, through a collage of pictures, helped by his conscience, represented by three angels…
The invasion of our space....our world of human existence under threat..... from the strategists, digital invaders and …... In the end, through the main protagonist Anjan, helped by his angels, we see a way to live... a new path..... transcending.... transforming the darkness to the sunshine… by the ‘kicks’ of the future in the womb of mother....."ONLY FOR YOU, My Progeny…"
