| AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
| Sammukh, 2.30 & 6pm, Tue, 19 Jan Hindi, 115 minutes Director: Suresh Sharma Playwright: Vijay Tendulkar |
The play revolves around the life of Sakharam – a book binder, who lives life by his own rules. He openly contests the existing marriage system and the hypocrisy it is based on and questions the notion of emotional attachments as crucial to any relationship. Drawing up his own rules, he picks up other men's discarded women -- castoff wives who would otherwise be homeless, destitute or murdered with impunity -- and gives them shelter in return for household work and other ‘favors’. Despite his apparent progressiveness, Sakharam rules his home like a tyrant, although each woman is told that she is free to leave whenever she likes. What he does not anticipate are the moral and emotional complications of this arrangement, which prove ruinous to everyone involved. | Sakharam Binder: Suresh Sharma/Subhash Chandra Lakshmi: Nidhi Mishra Champa: Prashana Nath Daud: Subhash Chandra/Suresh Sharma Champa’s Husband: Ravi Set & Light Design: Govind Singh Yadav Music: Kajal Ghosh Sound Operation: Mukesh Kumar/Ravi Stage Management: Subhash Chandra/ Ravi Kumar Team Leader: Seema Sharma Props: Manish Kumar Hindi Translation: Sarojani Verma |