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Siachen - A review

Siachen, the highest battle ground on earth presented in a comic and emotional satire by KopyKats under the direction of Dawar Mehmood. The satire is penned by the Pakistan most famous satirist, Anwar Maqsood.

The play started with a climax and then moved towards the flashback where the families of the soldiers are shown bidding farewell to them while they depart to Siachen. The story then moved to the life and difficulty faced by the soldiers at the highest peak.

The play has many moments where audience are left speechless with tears in their eyes due to the emotions depicted in the scene whereas at some places the audience were made to laugh to tears due the immensely comical dialogue. The play is a between comic, emotion and has the Anwar Maqsood touch to it.

The play is well directed, the director had tried his best to utilise the entire PNCA hall very effectively. Each scene had immense detail in them and even the part of the stage that were not in spotlight even had a small scene going on thus engaging audience in all possible manner.

The music of the play well suited the with the scene and it had moved up and down with the scenes. The sound effects also played a dramatic effect on the overall aura of the play. The starting climax and the fighting scene had their sound effect very well synched with the scene.

The props were utilised very effectively. The props related to the scenes at Siachen were carefully depicted to good a better view of how the army had been living their life at Siachen. The prop that were involved in the action sequenced served their purpose. The rubber thrown at the audience from the stage in the action sequences further added a dramatic effect to the scene.

The story of the play was a typical Army based story depicting the hardships faced by the army officers and the soldiers at the peak of Siachen. The story was not as deep as it was with the previous play from KopyKat but the amount of satire and the acting had put a real entertaining spirit into the play.

The casted actors were all fresh faces but the acting that they depicted on the stage was enough to prove their talent. The female actors although had a very small chance to broadcast their acting skills but the male actors used the entire 90 minutes of the play very effectively to prove their worth to the audience.

In the end, i would just like to say that Siachen was just other army story but acting and directions had made this story to be worth watching and enjoying. Overall an amazing effort by Dawar Mehmood, Anwar Maqsood and the remaining crew of KopyKats.
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