About Play

"POSTER" is about poor laborers of a backward village whose landowner 'Patel' has

been exploiting them from the beginning. He has full support of top officers of his

area who allow him to do so without any fear. Laborers are denied even their basic

needs and are forced to work on minimum wages. But as we know, a small spark can

lead to a big fire; a small incident (a Poster) makes them realize their power and their

requirement in this society. The story is about how they stand for themselves and

fight for their rights. Director has put efforts to correlate the situation of this old,

backward village laborer with current situation of laborers in our country.

Director’s Note: 

While directing the play POSTER, I wanted to make it a connecting line between

labourers of a village and labourers of a city, since their struggles and their lives are

somehow similar. We have tried to showcase the situation, struggle and courage of

laborers of our country in an entertaining way. We have used the elements of

Nautanki Shaili in this play. Displays of various art forms like music, dance, acting,

lighting, designing etc. are important ingredients. Play displays many

emotions that a laborer goes through his life. Completely live music is used in

the play which is meaningful, appealing and with a folk touch to it.

The play leaves audience with a question that how easy and

how hard is it to bring a revolution.

About Writer: 

Dr. Shankar Shesh was born on 2nd October 1933 in Ballarpur (M.P.). He completed

his B.A (Hons) with 1st Division from Nagpur University in 1956 and also Ph.D. in

1960 from same University. He completed M.A. with 1st Division in 1976 from

Mumbai University. He worked on many government posts in his life. He was the

investigation officer in (Aadim jati anusandhan kendra, M.P.), He worked as a chief

officer in Rajbhasha Dept. of State Bank of India from 1974 up to his death. His

Article 'Badh ka Pani', 'Chandan ke Deep' and 'Bandhan Apne- Apne' were awarded

by Madhya Pradesh Government. He was awarded by "Film Fare Award' for his film

"Dooriyan". He died in 28th of October 1981 in Srinagar (Kashmir).