Juhi Bubber direct CRY street play

Not even three months into her marriage to filmmaker Bijoy Nambiar, theatre personality Juhi Babbar is back to where she truly belongs — on the stage.

But hang on! The actress isn’t going to be seen in a play, au contraire she will be wielding the director’s baton for a play that she has created for CRY (Child Rights and You) that is based on child labour. And interestingly, most of the cast members of the play are CRY volunteers!

“CRY came to me with an offer to develop a street play for them last year, but over the last few months the street play evolved into a full-fledged one-hour 10-minute play that will premiere on the 12th of this month,” says Juhi, who adds that it was quite a struggle getting the volunteers to grasp the nuances of acting.

“So to help them out I have three professional actors from my theatre group acting in it as well. I think that theatre is a great medium to get the message across that children have as much rights as adults.
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The play titled Pukar will not only deal with issues arising from child labour like abuse and illiteracy, but will also delve deeper into aspects such as trafficking and forced labour that cause small children to be taken away from villages and brought to the city to work. “We hope to generate as much awareness about the cause as we possibly can,” says Juhi as she puts the finishing touches to her latest endeavour.

Courtesy:Timses of India
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