After not being able to get to the venue twice I finally got a chance to witness the theatrical performance of a story that I heard oh so many times through audiobooks,
A play that was presented by Tamasha on stage group…!
I couldn’t leave work early but I had to get my phone repaired from CP(Connaught place, Delhiites will understand…);
For those who don’t know it’s a business hub within Delhi, and it’s wrapped around by roads that lead to various places;
Another way to see it would be that all of the places lead here…🙈
After getting my phone repaired which I thought would take longer, it didn’t because they didn’t have the part…(Yes it was Oneplus and I left as my time to reach there was coming near…)
So I drove to the venue guided by Siri,
I reached the place within a few minutes and parked my scooty and got the receipt for that…
It was a calm find because I reached approximately 10 minutes after it was supposed to start, but it didn’t;
So I checked in, got my seat confirmed and sat in the first row;
I was a bit preoccupied with one of the other short stories that I was writing and glancing over some other work looking for errors as usual…!
Until it began….
Honest to G0d,
I have seen a few plays but this was by far one of the best theatrical demonstrations of a piece of text that I’ve ever seen;
The director, Chand Khan did such an amazing job guiding all of the actors who shined like stars and played their roles beautifully…!
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The play Lihaaf which revolves around an aristocratic woman Begum jaan, who is lonely because she gets neglected by her husband Nawab, who is interested in men/boys…
She finds solace in the arms of a masseuse Rabbu, that supposedly comes in her life to alleviate her body pain, and the massage leads to another thing until they’re in a bed together…;
Looked at by others in a shameful way,
Until the narrator, Begum’s niece sees what was happening, scaring her to her core, an all hell breaks loose when the she is abused by begum during the absense of Rabbu…
The story doesn’t explicitly confirms the relationship between rabbu and begum or nawab and any other man…!
An open ending story that gives us the reigns to steer the conclusion according to what we see fit…!
And until the very end all of it seems like a never ending script either twists and turns;
Forcing us to keenly listen and hear and draw our conclusions to the end…!
I’ll attach some images that I captured which really won’t do any justice; but all we can do is try until we become the best at it…!
Waakiye 
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