LAHORE: On the fifth day (Tuesday) of the 25th Theatre Festival being organised by Lahore Arts Council, Naurattan Theatre staged its play Lahoo Rang Hai Wadi based on the story of Indian brutalities against Kashmiris.

The play had power-packed performances by the artistes that many in the audience got emotional and grew teary-eyed while seeing the intensity of atrocities.

Mountains were skillfully shown [on the set at Hall-II] as a symbol of Kashmir valley. The play was supported by live music. The lightingwas good and so was the treatment of the subject. The play was also garnished with a dance performance by an artiste Sumera Suhail; the song Mujhay Piyar Say jab Bhi Awaz Do wasof the film Ye Aman. The choreographer of the play was Muhammad Fayyaz from Versatile Dance Academy.

Writer and director Shahid Pasha told Dawn that he wrote the play to raise voice against the brutalities being committed in Occupied Kashmir.

He urged the government and cultural institutions to promote parallel theatre and extend financial help to struggling groups so that theatre could be staged frequently on a hostof issues.

`It`s a new play by Naurattan Theatre being staged for the first time in any festival; therefore it`s also a kind of a premiere of the play as well,` said Pasha adding that artistes had put in a lot of effort to make the production a roaring success.

The play showed a f amily living in Occupied Kashmir and how two youngsters of the family were captured by the Indian forces and brutally tortured and finally both were martyred in the torture cell.

The cast included Sumera Suhail, Suhail Tariq, Shahrul, Mohsin Rao, Arslan, Shan Haider, Dr Tabassuam and others.