[1][2][page needed] It was one of several plays written by Thakur based on true events, showing the bad side of society, poverty and Women Empowerment.
Chatak goes to meet Upato after marriage when she asks him that what mistakes did she make that she is facing these.
[5] This play was so impactful that, There are stories of young girls leaving the mandap and running away instead of docilely marrying the old men their parents have taken money from.
After a performance in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, some members of the audience marched to a nearby temple and took an oath that they would stop this practice.
[6] Shivlal Bari, an artist who worked with Bhikhari Thakur, said that after watching this play people stopped selling there daughter.