Siddharth Kumar, Dilshad Edibam Khurana, Chaitnya Sharma and Akarsh Khurana

Khurana tells us that the two actors playing the younger characters — Chaitnya Sharma and Shweta Tripathi Sharma — are in fact a real-life couple, which helped him add certain nuances to their performances. The roles of the older couple are essayed by Dilshad Edibam Khurana and Siddharth Kumar who, in keeping with the plot, are not engaged in a relationship. The play was conceived during the lockdown, meaning the rehearsals took place online before a day was set aside for recording the entire performance on a physical stage, for it to be relayed to the audience via Zoom this weekend.

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It’s not the ideal medium for theatre shows, Khurana admits. But he adds that there is no point in sulking about it since there’s nothing else that can be done at a time like this to recreate the visceral feeling of watching live theatre offline. Plus, the bright side is that thespians are now pushing the boundaries and innovating with different techniques that they might not have had the inspiration for earlier. “Another big advantage is that at least it’s generating work, and actors are finding ways to keep themselves engaged. That’s important because their riyaaz isn’t broken,” the writer-director says, pointing out how we need to keep our chin up even when time and reality start to feel like an illusion during these days under lockdown.

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