By Schezee Zaidi, *‘Shah Hussain Faqir Saeen Da’ play receives rousing ovation* - The News International - Karachi, PakistanMonday, June 15, 2009
Islamabad: A play titled ‘Shah Hussain Faqir Saeen Da’ staged at the National Art Gallery here on Saturday by Dolphin Communications as part of National Drama Festival 2009 received rousing ovation from the audience for its spiritual content and superb production.
Scripted by Arshad Chahal and directed by Asma Butt, the play characterised ‘sufi’ poets Shah Hussain and Madho Lal, sketching the local legends that survived through ages in spiritual poetry and ‘kafis’ of Shah Hussain.
The play came as a surprise to many for being such an admirable presentation by a relatively less known local group. This also brings home the significance of the festival in promoting drama and theatre in the country by providing a platform not only to a select group and production houses but to diverse theatre groups and production houses, working in different parts of the country.
Capturing the legends surrounding the lives of Shah Hussain, Madho Lal, Shehenshah Akbar, Mirza Nizamuddin, Dullah Bhatti, Noori, Barkatay and Nadir, the play wove ancient tales of this land that still live on.
Staged in the presence of a jam-packed audience, ‘Shah Hussain Faqir Saeen Da’ was the first Punjabi production of the festival.
The verses of Shah Hussain were incorporated beautifully in the script by Arshad Chahal, bringing out the ethos of the enlightened lifestyle and thoughts of the ‘sufi’ saints of this land. ‘Maae ni main kinnu aakhan, dard wichhoray da haal ni’ and other such verses created an aura of mystic magic along with the excellent portrayal of Shah Hussain by local artist Afzal Latif and that of Madho Lal by Salman Sunny that also received great applause from the audience.
The female lead, played by Rabiya Durrani, received appreciation. Though the play was scripted as a tragedy, as both Shah Hussain and Madho Lal die in the end, it left an echo of immortal love that still lives on, and so the story continues, illustrating that the end is only a beginning.
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