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Naatak presents SULTANA DAKU

Sep 6-28 2025

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The moon is looking to upgrade its law enforcement and they reach out to the friendly Indian government who sends its most accomplished officer, Inspector Matadeen. Will Matadeen improve the lunar police efficiency?

Performed by Vineet Mishra

Background Music: Meditative Mind 

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This week on Naatak Radio presenting a symbolic and satirical short story by Asghar Wajahat. In a tale probably belonging in the Panchtantra style of story-telling, but reminiscent of The Animal Farm, we hear of a jungle where animals willingly enter a lion's open mouth. Why are they doing this? And what happens when someone tries to question this system forms the basis of this short story.

What's really impressive in this story is how a really powerful message is delivered in <5 minutes. Do you find yourself entering the lion's mouth without questioning? Please let us know in your comments.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Syed Asghar Wajahat, popularly known as Asghar Wajahat (Hindi: असग़र वजाहत) (born 5 July 1946), is a Hindi scholar, fiction writer, novelist, playwright, an independent documentary filmmaker and a television scriptwriter, who is most known for his work, 'Saat Aasmaan' and his acclaimed play, 'Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, O Jamyai Nai', based on the story of an old Punjabi Hindu woman who gets left behind in Lahore, after the Partition of India, and then refuses to leave.

He has published five collections of short stories, six collections of plays and street plays, and four novels.

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There is an undisputed law of lazy Sundays. The moment you relax, is the moment you lose the Sunday. Presenting Aao Baat To Suno, the third play in Saadat Hasan Manto's radio play series Aao. On a lazy Sunday, Kishore volunteers to run a small errand for Lajwanti who's feeling under the weather, and the neighborhood piles on.

Cast:
Kishore: Harish Sunderam Agastya
Lajwanti: Sumrah Jan
Padosan: Smita Khole
Narayan: Abhay Paranjapé
Kishore's Dad: Adnan Siddiqui
Gopal, Voice over, Khusku (the parrot):

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Songs from Naatak's Grand Musical: Mahabharat staged in 2018.

It is said that every story that can possibly be told has been told in the Mahabharat. In 2018, Naatak presented this greatest epic ever written with live music and dance, and setting it in an undefined era that could be modern, ancient or anywhere in between. This was Naatak’s largest production in 25 years. There were as many as 50 people on stage, weaving theater, dance and music into an intricate presentation.

The album is broken in two parts as the music tempo changes pre war and during. 

Songs and play written by: Sujit Saraf
Songs composed by: Nachiketa Yakkundi and team

THE MUSIC TEAM
Vocalists: Nachiketa Yakkundi, Anupama Chandratreya, Tejaswini Narayanan
Organ: Anand Karve
Tabla: Ajay Sundar Raj
Flue: Niranjan Page

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Songs from Naatak's Grand Musical: Mahabharat staged in 2018.

It is said that every story that can possibly be told has been told in the Mahabharat. In 2018, Naatak presented this greatest epic ever written with live music and dance, and setting it in an undefined era that could be modern, ancient or anywhere in between. This was Naatak’s largest production in 25 years. There were as many as 50 people on stage, weaving theater, dance and music into an intricate presentation.

The album is broken in two parts as the music tempo changes pre war and during. 

Songs and play written by: Sujit Saraf
Songs composed by: Nachiketa Yakkundi and team

THE MUSIC TEAM
Vocalists: Nachiketa Yakkundi, Anupama Chandratreya, Tejaswini Narayanan
Organ: Anand Karve
Tabla: Ajay Sundar Raj
Flue: Niranjan Page

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Why is the Ace, a faceless card considered the most supreme? Why are there only 3 female cards in the whole suite? Kishore is clearly up to something. Can Lajwanti get him to reveal his secrets through a game of cards? Does Narayan's entry change anything?

Presenting Aao Taash Kheien (Come, let's play cards), the second in a series of short plays written by Saadat Hasan Manto called Aao. Each play presents a delightful banter between the husband Kishore, the wife Lajwanti, and their friend Narayan. Light-hearted and animated in nature, these lesser knows plays represent the writer in a different light.

Voice actors:
Kishore: Harish Agastya
Lajwanti: Sumrah Jan
Narayan: Abhay Pranajape

Direction: Vikas Dhurka
Presenter: Naatak

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Saadat Hasan Manto was a colonial Indian and Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, India. Writing mainly in Urdu, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed, immediately following independence in 1947.

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Presenting the first in a series of short plays written by Saadat Hasan Manto. While working as a writer for the Urdu service of All India Radio, Manto wrote these short plays in Mumbai specifically for radio and the collection was published in 1940. Each play presents a delightful banter between the husband Kishore, the wife Lajwanti, and their friend Narayan. Light-hearted and animated in nature, these lesser knows plays represent the writer in a different light.

Aao Kahani Likhen (Come, let's write a story) is mentioned in the All India Radio progress report as one of the most successful production of the series. Lajwanti challenges Kishore to write a story and what starts off as fiction quickly becomes an unraveling of secrets in their relationship until Narayan comes in with a twist and a surprise ending to the tale. 

Voice actors:
Kishore: Ausaf Masud
Lajwanti: Sumrah Jan
Narayan: Abhay Pranajape

Direction: Vikas Dhurka
Presenter: Naatak

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Saadat Hasan Manto was a colonial Indian and Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, India. Writing mainly in Urdu, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed, immediately following independence in 1947.

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Nearly 300-million (30 crore) people in India live at or below the poverty line and the 2020 pandemic is expected to throw many more in deep penury. This story, written by eminent story writer, Gnanpeeth (2009), Vyas Samman (2009), and Sahitya Akademi Award (2007) winner, Amarkant presents a tale of such a family. It presents the real life struggles of many and uses a narrative that is both poignant and heart-rending. Siddheshwari Devi distributes a very limited quantity of food amongst her retrenched husband and unemployed children so that nobody feels half-fed, but when nothing but half a roti is left for her, she cries silently. The ending of this story is extremely touching. 

Narrated by: Savitha Samu and Vikas Dhurka
Presented by: Naatak

About the author:
Born in 1925 in Baliya, UP, Amarkant is at the top among the most prominent storytellers of India. The beauty of Amarkant's writing lies in its simplicity, which the critic Pranaya Krishna described as “the most difficult pursuit”. Amarkant goes deep into the sociology as well as the psychology of his characters without any cathartic drama and turns them into authentic representatives of our social margins. Amarkant is best known for his short stories although he also published six novels. He started writing in a period when the Nai Kahani (New Story) movement was heralding a big thematic and structural shift, and almost overshadowed the tradition of Premchand which used to be the mainstream fiction in Hindi. This movement focussed more on urban settings, individual characteristics, man-woman relationships, and so on, in place of people in villages and small towns. The scene was dominated by authors such as Mohan Rakesh, Kamaleshwar and Rajendra Yadav, aggressive advocates of the movement as a new metaphor for and of modern society.

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A satire on the modern Indian urbanized society, Bholaram Ka Jeev, starts with a unique premise: Great confusion has ensued in Yamraj's offices in heaven. The soul of the story's protagonist, Bholaram a government servant, has gone missing. This causes Yamraj to issue a search warrant for Bholaram and deploy Narad to investigate. Narad visits Bholaram's family in disguise and finds that they are in a desperate need for his pension money, which they never received even after 5-years of him retiring from the job. Narad decides to help but is met with government bureaucracies at various levels. Does he finally mange to track down Bholaram's जीव (soul)? Can even death not bring peace to once's soul in today's urbanized and materialistic society? Listen on to find out.

Performed by: Anitha Dixit
Presented by: Naatak

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harishankar Parsai (1924- 1995) is an acclaimed Hindi writer. He is known for his humorist and direct style of writing. He was born in Jamnia village near Itarsi in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. He completed his M.A. in English from R.T.M. Nagpur University. In 1982 he won Sahitya Akademi award for his work titled ViklaangShraddhakadaur.

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