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Chairs thrown at Jajpur jatra actors over beheading scene
Chaos broke out at a Jatra performance in Odisha's Jajpur district on Friday night when audience members threw chairs at actors, hitting a lead actress. The play Sanatani, staged by the Yajnaseni…
The Story in Brief
Chaos broke out at a Jatra performance in Odisha's Jajpur district on Friday night when audience members threw chairs at actors, hitting a lead actress. The play Sanatani, staged by the Yajnaseni opera party, included a scene depicting a woman being beheaded in a religious conversion storyline, which angered spectators.
The performance was halted temporarily as the crowd grew agitated. Members of the Jatra committee intervened to calm the situation and resumed the show after discussions. No arrests have been reported so far.
The Indian Opinion
The audience reaction at Jajpur exposes a raw nerve. Art that dramatises religious conversion and violence can provoke, but throwing chairs at actors is thuggery, not protest. Both sides need honesty: artists must ask if shock-value scenes serve anything beyond provocation, and the audience must learn that objection is not an excuse for assault. The test is whether the local administration files charges against the chair-throwers or treats this as mob justice that gets a pass.
Source: odishatv.in
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