Still Single

(With Anish after his play on Saturday night. The blurry picture only slightly hides the fact I was looking highly chaprasi-like after a long bike ride!)

Granted, this supposed to be a review of Anish Trivedi’s play ‘Still Single’.

But before I talk about the play, I want to talk about the man.

My first memory of Anish Trivedi was several years ago. He was then daily on radio, his voice chirpy most mornings when the rest of us wanted to go back to sleep.

I met him (mercifully) late one night at the Hilton (back then it was still the Oberoi). It was after the launch of a television channel or some such event & we were all returning back home when, Viola!, Anish held the door open for me to pass through (keep in mind he didn’t know me at all & was back then this ‘famous’ radio guy)

Such a simple thing granted. But the fact that I remembered it shows how much simple things impact us. A kind word, a smile, a thank you. Undoubtedly Anish has perfected the art of charm, I think the rest of us could learn a thing or two from him.

On that note, to the play!

The play is about a single woman Sunita & her life in urban Mumbai which consists of few close friends, tons of work & parents who would happily see her married, a familiar story indeed.

It was obviously a script which related well with the audience - they were all laughing out loud from the beginning of the play to the end, though it’s really more a drama then a comedy.

I kinda had some preconceived notions about the play, based on nothing but the title (such is my sorry nature) and I was happily surprised by the twists in the plot. The actors were all brilliant and overall a good night at the theatre.

The play opened mid-Feb and is still running house full, so I recommend to book in advance for the next show!