Konkani drama- story from Mahabharat. Arjun’s fiance is going to wed his archenemy Duryodhan by the order of Balaram, lord Krishna’s brother. But by various ingenuities, Krishna finally forces him to consent for Arjun.
Karnna Viret is a Konkani tiatr based on the concept of misunderstanding a ‘marriage’ and misuse of the law of divorce. As per Christianity a person can marry only once during lifetime, unless one of them dies in unavoidable circumstances and he/she can remarry if they are young. But nowadays, couples decide to break up and remarry even for simple reasons.
The hero in drama was in love with someone. But the family members opposed him and to get some benefits from family he married with a girl selected by family. But neither he, nor the girl, nor his girlfriend were happy. It was a tragedy. The drama based on same topic.
The original Hindi play by Ajay Shukla is translated by Shashikant Punaji in Konkani. The play begins with Shah Jahan wishing to build a monument for his lover Mumtaz. He summons the chief engineer Mr. Rego to float the tender of Taj Mahal. Therein starts the trouble, they all want a big bite of the funds that are allocated for building the monument. The play imparts the message that Shah Jahan gets old and dies but corrupted system lives on.
The Konkani play depicts the real life experience of the author who was a student activist and participated actively in students’ movement of Goa. This work tries to tell aloud about social problems and superstitions.
How a young man who has been selected by one rich man’s daughter as her temporary bride-groom teaches her the lesson and at the end reveals the true plot.