Shaadi@Barbaadi.com

At the very outset, thanks to all of you who posted comments asking for my take on Shaadi@Barbaadi.com and apologize for the delay in posting this. I was quite preoccupied for the past 3 weekends and did not find enough time to post anything.

So, here we go! Shaadi @ Barbaadi.com is a hilarious take on married life and the saas- bahu relationship. There is nothing new on offer. In fact, most of the gags are the kind you have read earlier on E mail forwards or SMS. However, what makes it interesting is the spontainity of the performers and the break neck speed at which incidents after incidents, gags after gags are brought on stage.

Paresh Rawal is a riot and with his team of 2 male actors and 3 female actors, the highly talented Rawal has provided us with a laugh riot! It is 2.5 hours of pure, unadulterated fun and Paresh's take on the Gujrati household fits well into the stories and jokes that are in circulation about the clan. The idea of having the male and female Soothradhar who come and speak to the audience in between sequences is novel and adds to the masti! The gags involving the misplaced Kadai, Paresh mistaking his mother's moaning for Chinese and Paresh's conclusion that there should not be a "Ba" in Gujju families stay back with you days after you watch the play in action.

I personally had a blast at JT PAC with Shaadi...though the only disappointment was Swaroop Sampath not showing up at Kochi! That said, Rawal's excellent writing, directing and dialogue delivery skills were on display and with the support of an extremely talented team, he made it a truly memorable evening for the audience :-)