On arriving, a hungry patr on offered to buy me because I smelled like a sandwich.Įxactly five minutes to show time. That short cut included a roller-coaster ride through a chaotic vegetable market that left me smelling like onions an d tomatoes by the time I got to Prithvi. He asked me calmly and casually – “Where are you? Can you make it to Prithvi before 9 pm? I might have a ticket for you.” I answered anxiously and breathlessly – “Yes, yes, yes.” I jumped out of a friend's car right as we were about to get on to the Bandra-Worli Sea-link and hopped into an auto rickshaw that would proceed to take me to Juhu via a supposed short cut. Exactly forty five m inutes prior to showtime on Saturday night. I took out my phone and answered a call from someone who was clearly haunted by my pursuit for a ticket to the play. I soon realized that the tremor was merely my cell phone vibrating in my pocket. I hoped and prayed an earthquake was not on its way because that would sum up a horrible day. I had reached Bandra when suddenly I felt a tremor. What's more, as I walked under a tree, a bird chose me as its target for its daily toilet routine. I had been unsuccessful in gaining access to this much vaunted production.

A quick glance at the poster of 'Waiting for Godot' brought out extreme feelings of dejection and I hung my head in defeat. So after attending the Thespo Orientation Meeting at Prithvi on Saturday I began the long journey home to Breach Candy. All my efforts went in vain every single ticket to the only four shows at Prithvi were gone, gone, gone. I had been harassing all and sundry for weeks to spare me a ticket that I was willing to pay for at any price! Every vaguely familiar fa ce turned a darker shade of purple when they saw me, knowing I w ould chase them around like a rabid dog till they handed me their ticket. This revived version was directed by Benjamin Gilani and included the stellar cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Akash Khurana, Benjamin Gilani, Randeep Hooda and a young boy, Yanik Shetty Menon.įirst off, I did not have a ticket to the show until five minutes before the show was scheduled to start at 9 pm on Saturday night. The Motley Theatre Festival concluded at Prithvi with the much-awaited revival of “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett.

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