Jammu 15-03-2026: ‘Miss World Undeclared,’ a play in Hindi, written by Satyendra Shrivastava and directed by Neeraj Kant, was staged here today at Natrang’s Studio Theatre Kachi Chawni in its Weekly Theatre Series, Sunday Theatre.
The play ‘Miss World Undeclared’ presented at Natrang Studio unfolds the sad saga of all those people, particularly Asians who reside in the developed European countries and are subject to racial discrimination and hatred from the natives, as they think their resources are shared and reduced by them. This was shown from the point of view of a school-going girl, ‘Noorie,’ who was regularly bullied by her classmates who had fair complexions. They tease her for not being as beautiful as they are to the extent that she decides to discontinue her education. But her mother, a very wise lady, makes her realize that the criteria for being beautiful is not being fair or having external beauty, the real beauty is internal beauty, and anyone with a good heart and calm mind is much more beautiful than those people who are just externally good-looking. Motivated by her mother, she goes to the school and comes back very happy, as on that day the result of the Miss World pageant was declared and the winner was an Indian girl. The play ends with a positive and inspirational note that “it does not matter how we look, but it really matters what we are,” and that is the key to real and eternal happiness.
Natrang’s young artists who presented a remarkable performance, included Kananpreet Kaur, Mehak Chib, Supria Gorka, and Sheetal Sen . The lights of the play were operated by Neeraj Kant, whereas the music was scored by Kartik Kumar. The show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen and the presentations were done by Vishal Sharma.