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An Analysis of the Marathi Drama ‘na:tigo:ti’ Written by ‘Jaychand Dalavi’
(The Story of a Mentally Retarded Boy)

Dr. M. Mohanalakshmi


Abstract

‘na:tigo:ti’, ‘relationship’ is a drama written by ‘Jaychand Dalavi’ in Marathi language. It was published in the year 1991. The entire play is about the intricacies of the relationship all the main characters have with Bachchu, the mentally retarded boy. Each one of them chows hope on the curing of the illness.

The story and conversations are so fantastically written that the readers will understand and feel for the characters. Each one cares for each other and take into consideration their partners’ feelings and thoughts and opinions, etc. These decide what kind of relationship and sympathy they had, which are well established in the drama.

The drama is well-scripted and the dialogues expressed and executed so nicely that it truly engages the readers very much. This is what sets apart this drama and the writer. Also a sensitive subject as this is handled so perfectly that the whole drama feels so balanced. The readers also travel with the story and characters till the end. This is the success of the writer. The story is well woven like a beautiful and attractive carpet.

Keywords: Jaychand Dalavi, na:tigo:ti, Tragic drama, characters, mentally retarded, innocence and punishment, saving a soul, theme, symbols

1. Introduction

Drama may be defined as a captivating literary genre that is brought to life through performance. Though, normally, the parts of a dramatic structure are the prologue, acts, scenes, and the epilogue, this drama has only two acts and are sub-divided into scenes. Drama is the expression and exploration of personal, cultural and social worlds through role and situation that engages, entertains and challenges.

This analysis is on the drama named ‘na:tigo:ti’, ‘relationship’ written by ‘Jaychand Dalavi’ in Marathi language. It is a two act play, published in the year 1991.

This drama revolves around mentally retarded children and the burden because of them to the parents. There are a large number of studies on mentally retarded children in the general population. However, since the focus of this drama and the analysis is on the problem of the mentally regarded boy, this will not be reviewed in detail about these children but will only be referred to as a problem and the story spanned around the boy.


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Dr. M. Mohanalakshmi
Assistant Professor
ASET College of Science and Technology
Coimbatore
mohanalakshmim28@gmail.com

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