- Play Info : Synonymous with some of landmark drama productions, say Ghalib In New Delhi, Maulana Azad, K. L. Saigal, Sahreek-e-Ghalib in the recent history of Indian theater, Pierrot’s Troupe brings, this time around BIG B.
- ‘Big B’???? No, not Mr. Bachchan, it’s Mr. Premchan(d). It’s the English and the dramatic version of the latter’s celebrated Hindi short-story ‘Bade Bhai Saheb’.
- The first of its kind …… the first ever in ‘broken English’. Savor it:
- “Do not go outside, it is very nighty”. “I am well but my brother is in well”. “Knife without K is like Chaku without Cha, only Ku… Churi without Chu, only Ri..
- It’s about two ‘English-educated-Hindi-speaking’ brothers --- the ‘studious’ Kamta Prasad and the ‘sporty’ Samta Prasad. No wonder, the play revolves around History & Hockey, Geography & Gilli Danda and Chemistry & Cricket. And also Rekha Ganit…. Kamta’s favorite … as ‘Rekha’ is his heartthrob and the daughter of ‘Ganit’ teacher. So also Algebra, defined by Samta as “a subject on which even ‘Allah’ has no ‘Jabr’.
- In addition…. Well!
- Story : Munshi Premchand
- Script & Direction : Dr. M. Sayeed Alam
- The audience was treated to a rip-roaring and rib-tickling time
- – Delhi Times
- Humorous, funny and unassumingly witty
- – India Today
- An excellent rendition
- --- The Hindu
- Laughter galore
- -- Today
- A gold mine of laughter
- –The Statesman
- The play promises one more first – the first ever in broken English
- – Times Of India (Bangalore)
- Fun filled, giving a new meaning to English
- --- Sahara Time
- It was different this time ….it was humorous without any farce
- – The Pioneer
"Big B" English Comedy Play by Pierrot's Troupe
Reviewed by rohit malik
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Friday, May 18, 2007
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