Overview

• The play debuted at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi on July 8 as part of events marking Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary
• BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta were among the dignitaries present at the inaugural performance
• A cast of 75 contributors featured 58 artists from the National School of Drama and Shriram Kala Kendra alongside a lead director and 16 technical staff
• The production traced Mookerjee’s journey from his role as a young vice-chancellor to his resignation from Nehru’s cabinet and his meeting with Sheikh Abdullah in Jammu and Kashmir to underscore his nationalist vision
• This staging represents the Delhi leg’s first theatrical milestone in a two-year cultural outreach that has already included the inauguration of six district offices in Delhi and Haryana