The proposal.
The
farce explores the process of getting married with sworn enmity, the Neighbor. The
satire could easily be related with the marriages in middle & upper middle
class with all the economical greed involved. Marriage is a means of economic gain
for most people. They marry to gain wealth and possessions or to acquire social
acceptance.
It so
happened that at around 8.00 pm, I was informed by Dheeraj- that A Tribute to
Chekhov is planned at NCPA, performing his acts and if I can do anything with ‘The
Proposal’? I’d read Chekhov sometimes back but have no copy in possession. I
asked when the script is needed- he replied, “We are performing, five days from
now. If you give script within two days, we shall manage. I told him to collect
the script, the next day morning, from his mail box, which I promptly did.
While
adopting I took the premise to Chandausi near Delhi. A perfect location for the
battlefield between the Chaudhary vs Thakur. I further use Hariyanvee a bit to
add spice but left Punjabi of Thakur to plain Hindi. The performers further
added the colloquial accent to all the characters, making the act hilarious.
Including
this localization of premise, lingo & characters my contribution to the act
is adding the cell ring tone hook, Dialogues with the Dog & the ‘Powdered
wine’ stuffed in ‘Asthma spray.’
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