`Peen) Preman" is a play about Peero, the first woman poet to write in Punjabi. She was born in the 19th century, in a low caste family in a village of Punjab. Nothing much is known about her parents and her early life. This play seeks to reconshuct her life and times. With the help of some actual well known happenings in her life living with Ilahi Bakhsh, a General of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, her relationship with Sant Gulab Das, a leading poet and Saint of 19th Century Punjab and the founder of Gulabdasi Sect, the division in the Gulabdasi Sect due to her relationship, and her death at Gulab Das's Dera. The other events in her life have been reconstructed and are fictional. The play uses four original couplets of Piro while others have been penned by the playwright. The play was an Indo-Pak collaboration under the banner of All Punjab Artists Association(APPAN). The script was penned by eminent Indian Punjabi playwright Swanajbir, cirected by Kewel Dhalliwal of Nlanchrang Manch, Amritsar while the production team and cast belonged to Ajoka.
First Performance : May, 2004
Venue : Alhamra Art Council, The Mall, Lahore
Written by : Dr. Swarajbir
Directed by : Kewal Dhaliwal