LAHORE: A number of theatre lovers enjoyed Lahore Arts Council’s fresh production, ‘Hum Aik Hain’ at Hall-2 of Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Wednesday.

The play was a part of the series the council has recently introduced to revive and promote socially meaningful and objective theatre. The play is written and directed by Pervaiz Raza, a senior TV and stage actor. The prominent among the cast were Pervaiz Raza, Saba Raza, Zafar Irshad, Laila Siddiqui, Sheeza Khan, Shahid Iqbal, Afroz Khan besides others.

The set of the [two-act] play was realistic and had a recorded music. The play would be staged at the same venue for six days. The bilingual play was written by Mr Raza, who while throwing light on the theme told Dawn that the play was about as to why Pakistan was made and what should be done for the progress of the country.

The issues discussed during different scenes of the play revolved around education, unity, faith and discipline, corruption and how to make society a better one by putting in a collective effort by the people of the country.

Prominent television and stage actor, Khalid Abbas Dar, especially came to Alhamra to see the play. LAC Executive Director Athar Ali Khan also attended the inaugural performance. The play had free entry.

The first scene of the theatrical production was suggestive of commonly found greed in society for money and power, the second scene was reflective of those old generation people who saw Pakistan coming into being and what they felt now after independence. The mindset of young generation and the generation gap between the young and the old was nicely highlighted.

Later, the play developed and through different scenes it was shown as to how a mix of good and bad people was working out in a society which badly needed unity, faith and discipline. The Kashmir cause was also beautifully depicted in the play.

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2019