How did Lakshmi Kum Kum Laavta come about?
Doing a play is my basic need. This one’s a workshop production with about thirty youngsters. Through it I’ve been able to explore a different kind of theatre. It’s a myth that people who do a play know everything about it. You start writing a play, and then you’re stuck. But I go on, trying to be slightly different and yet pertinent. The play shapes up. It’s like a love affair. The themes in this play are explored through an interview. But the theme is something the audience decides, not the director, and that too, only if the play works! Since it’s a young play, we’ve even subsidised the tickets (Rs 20). Your last two plays (An Actor Dies but… and A Raincoat For All Seasons) were personal, while the ones before that comprised more political, religious and social content. Why the change? There is no change. The creative act by its nature is political. Also, politics is intertwined with society, and social changes. A lot of my concerns and a bit of my past will always come in whatever
