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The Government College University Lahore Dramatics Club (GCUDC) symbolic play &ldquo;Deewar&rdquo; has enthralled the visiting delegation of 200 Indian scouts at a special cultural evening &ldquo;Camp Fire&rdquo; organised by the GCU Rovers Club at the university&rsquo;s Bukhari Auditorium.&nbsp; GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman was the Chief Guest at the evening which was marked by performance of musical compositions, folk tunes, cultural dances, peace songs, skits and Urdu symbolic play &ldquo;Deewar&rdquo;.
<img width="500" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="354" align="middle" src="/userfiles/Indian Scouts (1).jpg" alt="" />Deewar opens at a rural locality with two squabbling neighbours. Both families are shown to be from the farming community living in modest houses. There is a line of bricks that divides the houses. This wall is extended beyond its physical contours by the two farmers who keep blaming each other for creating problems in their homes. The audience were easily able to identify the two families as representing Pakistan and India. Interestingly, the women of the two houses seem reluctant to share their husbands&rsquo; enmity. As soon as the men are away, they climb the wall to comfort each other. A wily Chaudhry sahib pays visits to both families playing on the suspicions of the two men. The two farmers plead to him for weapons in return for complete subservience.
However, the schemes of the Chaudhary seem to suffer a setback when the two men decide to make amends and give peace a chance to work. Each decides to approach the other the next morning, but before they are able to meet, the Chaudhary sets fire to one of the two houses. This creates panic and the two return to their blame game as the curtains fall on the fighting farmers. At the conclusion of the play, the scouts from Pakistan gave their salute to the GCU Dramatics Club, saying that India and Pakistan should also give peace a chance. The Indian scouts were highly appreciative of the symbolism and acting in Deewar. They were amazed at the actors&rsquo; mastery over the Indian dialect. Some of them went to the stage to laud the performers. <img width="500" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="351" align="middle" src="/userfiles/Indian Scouts (4).jpg" alt="" />
Addressing the Camp Fire ceremony, GCU VC Prof. Dr. Khaleeq-ur-Rahman said that theatre had an important function to reform the society. He said that GCU had made it a trend to challenge taboos and unjustified conventions through its powerful dramatic performances. Prof. Rahman said that no Chaudharies, like the one in Deewar, should be allowed to foment intolerance and hatred between the two nations. All deewars or walls that divide on the basis of hatred should be brought down. He appreciated GCU Dramatics Club for introducing a new trend of writing its own plays and lauded the team for successfully staging its fourth consecutive home production. The cast of the play included Nayab Faiza, Omar Dar, Tasawar Iqbal, Zunaira Khalid and Muzamil Tarrar.
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