"Big B" English Comedy Play by Pierrot's Troupe


  • 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!
  • 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 "Big B" English Comedy Play by Pierrot's Troupe Reviewed by rohit malik on Friday, May 18, 2007 Rating: 5

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