Between Tears And Laughter

Between Tears And Laughter

In a packed Ranga Shankara auditorium (with producer Nimi Ravindran conscientiously paying auto fares to all those who could not get tickets and had to go home) on a Sunday afternoon,  the second last show of Ajay Krishnan’s hit play Butter and Mashed Banana induced tears of laughter. And then some thought.  And how is this for a […]

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Shaitan: Wilfully Irreverent

Shaitan: Wilfully Irreverent

It is hard to say if Anurag Kashyap Inc is intentionally subverting the vocabulary of romance in Hindi films but there is no deference towards it, either. So the sepia memory of Dev Anand running across glades and slopes under an open sky to the tune of Khoya Khoya Chand becomes a remix in Bejoy Nambiar’s Shaitan. The […]

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Special Feature:Mashed Irony

Special Feature:Mashed Irony

Freedom of speech is increasingly becoming an anomaly in India, especially in the creative arts and like theatre personality Nadira Babbar recently said about the absence of collective liberalism, “Sab bura manne ko tayyar baithe hain.”  Or as the catchline of the play says, “Don’t you dare say that!”    We at Unboxed Writers are proud to announce a web […]

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