ludhiana the city residents will enjoy the hindi play bhikshu aur ganika on sunday in guru nanak dev bhawan directed by dr rani balbir kaur a well known stage personality also known as queen of punjab theatrethe story revolves around seventh century sanskrit farce by king mahender vikram varman who is also known as bodhyan and is translated in hindi by nemi chandra jain dr rani balbir kaur said that it revolves around a buddhist monk and a courtesan and how their souls get exchanged due to a mistake by the yamdoot the messenger of deathludhiana sanskritik samagamlss general secretary s k rai told that punjab is the cradle of the ancient indian culture and it is an attempt to connect ot with our logical inheritance he told that sanskrit theatre is our own legacy and yet we rarely find any theatre retracing its roots into sanskrit drama he told that no doubt the regional and folk cultures are important but we must also learn to take pride in the classical genres of art formssuresh kumar of lss told that the play is dedicated to the memory of late nemichandra jain an eminent poet scholar critic editor natrangand a well known teacher whose beautiful translation of this play has made it possible to take up this classical productionit is produced by folk theatre workshop of chandigarh professor anirudh joshi has valuable contribution in terms of explaining the sanskrit text and also teaching the actors the right sanskrit and pali dictions suchitra mitra eminent bharatnatyam dancer has been training the actors in gesture and body language biswajit singh renowned exponent of thangta martial art form of manipur has been training the actors in it world famous designer d mahendra is design director and music director is dr rani balbir kaur