TWO TO TANGO THREE TO JIVE: great characters, fab actors.
Your favourite adda to see a play
Prithvi theatre
Your favourite playwright
Mahesh Dattani
Your favourite play-character
Ratna from DANCE LIKE A MAN
A play you would like to see filmed. Why?
AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY. It's been recently filmed. I look forward to it. The play has incredible characters in a dysfunctional family with so much going on in each one's life.
A novel/short story you would like to see on stage? Why?
'My Feudal Lord': it's a hard hitting story which one will definitely take back with them once the play is over.
The most hilarious play you have seen
I am biased coz I'm in it! DANCE LIKE A MAN, after 16 years we still laugh at the lines.
An important play (but ignored)
BRIEF CANDLE by Mahesh Dattani.
A play character you would like to ''dialogue'' with
Gandhi in SAMMY
A passage from an important play that you can recite
''Romeo oh Romeo wherefore art thou...this is also Ratna s last outburst in DANCE LIKE A MAN.
A classical play that you should have read
OTHELLO
A play that changed your perception about the theatre
DANCE LIKE A MAN
How do you regard the Mumbai theatre scene?
It's slowly growing. It's getting more appreciative of all kinds of theatre.
If you have ever been a part of a theatre production/s, can you recall an event that was insightful, significant or simply humorous?
When I walked into a concrete wing during a show of THE WEDDING ALBUM, and continued the show with my nose bleeding and swelling up!
Can you think of a foreign production that you found remarkable? Why?
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: everything was perfect. I was transported into their world.
A significant Indian production that you may have witnessed
HISTORY OF INDIA VIRITTEN by Vir Das
Life in the theatre without the humble batata-wada or the cutting chai... or can you recall the best gastronomic experience you've had in the precincts of the theatre to date?
While preparing for my new play THE SCENT OF A MAN...from batata wadas to 5 star delicacies... we were fed it all!