Kalki Koechlin

The play has nine sketches that Koechlin says play out human absurdities. For instance, there is a man who is unable to complete his sentences when he wants to propose to his girlfriend, a talk show interview with an accomplished serial killer, and a poet who is invited by the city municipal board to help compose road safety slogans. The play also includes a man who insists that his broken kettle is under the warranty period, a son who wants to reveal something important to his parents; a wife who wants to negotiate with the kidnappers of her husband, and a young man who wants to confess in church but has nothing to confess.

Role play
The actress admits that she always wanted to work with director Atul Kumar, so this was a good opportunity. “I admire him and wanted to work with him. Also, I’ve shot a film with Richa Chhada called Jia Aur Jia, so we know each other and get along well,”informs Koechlin.

The play will tour across India starting from Bangalore and travelling to Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Indore, Lucknow, Patna, Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Talking about her experience, actress Richa Chadda shares, “Trivial Disasters is proving to be a terrifying and exasperating experience for me as an actor, as I have to push myself each time. But in that, it’s a tongue-in-cheek ‘statutory warning’ of our times."