chandigarh the concluding day of the third tft theatre festival saw intense performances in the sudesh sharmadirected play loha kutt at punjab kala bhawan on wednesday evening the play written by balwant gargi marked the end of the threeday festival organized by theatre for theatre in collaboration with haryanas department of information public relations and cultural affairs and kurukshetrabased multi art cultural centre haryana kala parishad gargis first play loha kutt was written in 1944 and deals with the emotions of love and envy loha kutt as the name suggests revolves around a hardworking blacksmith kaku who lives with his wife santi and two children set in rural punjab the play emphasizes how true love can break the shackles of conservatism kakus daughter baino is a young strongwilled girl in love with sarwan her family and her village do not approve of her relationship with sarwan while kaku arranges a good match for his daughter and beats her up when he finds out that baino loves sarwan she refutes his diktat the equations change when baino comes to know of santis childhood lover santi was married to kaku at 19 despite being in love with gajjan and tries to convince baino also to go by the rules of the house but baino is determined not to end up like her mother in a dramatic climax both baino and santi run away with their lovers leaving kaku alone in the house the sensitive portrayal of the intricate relationships coupled with spotless performances by sushma gandhi anita shabdeesh sudesh sharma and others kept the audience spellbound till the end