Friday, 23 December 2016

THEATRE PLAY - CHUHAL– Saral Behtareen Manoranjan

Chuhal – Saral Behtareen Manoranjan


Chuhal is yet another play conceived, written and directed by the stellar Manav Kaul coming from the house of aRanya productions. Cherry on the cake is Manav Kaul acting too in it along with Sugandha Garg with whom he falls into series of Chuhal tickling your funny bones.  Their conversations engage you to the core; that’s the key element of this play. Chuhal itself means playful conversation meant for light laughs pepped up wit and humor.

Chuhal though a light comedy stirs quite a few valid questions on the context of marriage, defining one could be happy in it’s own pace too. But does that really work? No Chuhal doesn’t gives you any solution or answers as such, but it stirs quite a few perceptions. These perceptions are brilliant and may vary the interpretation from person to person; what holds you is their conversation, their presentation.

So far we have always seen Manav Kaul in composed characters on screen, this is the first time he was witnessed in a character that had a lighter side. Seeing him performing live in a comic avatar, he comes with the right charm and succeeds to bring in quite a few smiles right from your heart with his sheer performance.

Sugandha Garg is equally brilliant who weaves Manav beautifully into her threads of conversation with perfect intuitiveness holding your attention tight on the play. Rest of the supporting cast is put brilliantly too adding the right nuances to their Chuhal.

Little unsure on the next schedule of Chuhal play being played in Mumbai. However, stay tuned at our FB Page at the link below. We shall keep you posted.

It is a play indeed not to be missed.

PK Verdict: Platinum*****


Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Ilhaam – Enlightening Enriching Ecstatic

Ilhaam – Enlightening Enriching Ecstatic

Ilhaam is a play coming from Aranya Productions written and directed by Manav Kaul.
Ilhaam means enlightenment. The play is truly enlightening in the terms of the questions one’s soul raises and what it looses or tends to lose in the process of finding answers to the questions that reason your thoughts. What is it that should keep you going if you keep on losing the reason of your existence, the quest to know it all how does it help, does it really helps? Ilhaam not necessarily answers all of these but it evidently gives you a perspective to think through, it enlightens your thought processing to see what is important and what is not. It does elevate your thought processing towards salvation and brings you back to the realistic world conveying truth is also nothing but an illusion.

The beauty of the play is its language. The command over the language is brilliant and is well written. It is indeed a mesmerizing poetry that calls for a repetitive watch.
Kumud Mishra leaves you spellbound with his performance and so does the rest of the cast as well. Bringing something live of this level is highly commendable.

Though this is something you have to watch it Live as it is a play playing at Prithvi Theatre. For detailed schedule you can visit prithvi theatre website or check more information on BookmyShow.

For now, you can enlighten yourself with the synopsis of Ilhaam coming right from the writer director Manav Kaul.

I’m kind of taken by surprise the show is 10 years old and I feel too amateur too small to give a verdict to the level of work Ilhaam is. I can only bow my head down for an opportunity to witness this Enlightening Enriching Ecstatic Experience.


If at all you are in Mumbai. Do plan a show for yourself this evening. Playing at Prithvi Theatre at 7PM & 9PM.