THEATRE : Twinkle Khanna's "Salaam Noni Appa" English Play at Sirifort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg > 7:30pm on 29th October 2017
Time : 7:30 pm Add to Calendar 29/10/2017 19:30 29/10/2017 21:00 Asia/Kolkata THEATRE : Twinkle Khanna's "Salaam Noni Appa" English Play Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/10/theatre-twinkle-khannas-salaam-noni-apa.html Sirifort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110049 DD/MM/YYYY
Duration : 1 hour 30 mins.
Entry : by Tickets priced between Rs. 826 to Rs. 3540, Available at :
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Offline : at the venue before the show if not sold out
Note : For 12 years old and above.
Venue : Sirifort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110049
Venue Info : About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line) - Exit Gate - Gautam Nagar'
Event Description : THEATRE "Salaam Noni Appa" English Play based on a short story from Twinkle Khanna's new best seller titled 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad'
Director : Lillete Dubey
Cast : Lillete Dubey, Darshan Jariwala, Jayati Bhatia, Meher Acharia Dar, Rishi Khurana
THEATRE : Twinkle Khanna's "Salaam Noni Appa" English Play at Sirifort Auditorium, August Kranti Marg > 7:30pm on 29th October 2017
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Reviewed by DelhiEvents
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
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Review of the Play ‘Salaam Noni Aapa’
ReplyDeletePrimetime Theatre’s Salaam Noni Aapa is a break from monotonous, over-dramatic and rather long plays. The play is short and sweet. Lillette Dubey’s performance as usual is the best thing about the play. The play has been adapted from the book ‘The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad’ witten by Twinkle Khanna and it beautifully demystifies the assumptions associated with relationships beyond marriage and the assumptions associated with the institution of marriage itself. The play also explores relationships beyond marriage like that of friends and subtly attempts to give a new definition to love. There is also good humour in the play which is unparalleled and is rather innovative when compared with the previous big-scale productions of Primetime theatre group like ‘Dance Like a Man’, ‘Where did I Leave my Purdah’ and others. The other actors in the play also essayed their roles beautifully. Darshan Jariwalla plays Anandji (a friend, trainer and may be even love of Noni aapa). The acclaimed television actress Jayati Bhatia, plays the role of Noni Aapa’s sister.
There is good humour in the play in many scenes like the one in which Jayati Bhatia is unable to do the aasanas that guruji wants her to do. However, despite the little humour the play gives a message – love knows no bounds and age has nothing to do with one’s desire to seek companionship, if not true love. The most interesting part of the play is when Noni Aapa is hospitalised and nobody except her sister and Anandji are there to stand by her. It is at this moment that the relevance of the title of the play is exposed. How beautifully it is done is something better watched than read.
Fabindia’s association with the play is also a welcome step and a delightful surprise as the costumes look beautiful and blend without bringing about an overtly glossy and glitzy image of the characters and thus making the performance more realistic and appealing. Though the play has essentially four characters – Noni aapa, her sister, Anandji and Mallika the daughter of Noni aapa, it is the fifth character – that of the watchman who ensures there is fun and frolic throughout the play. There is also a sixth character – that of Anandji’s wife. But, she is a terror and a terror that one does need to witness. No wonder we all have no complaints with the happy ending of the play with little or no regret for this woman.
The play also has some good dialogues which are well narrated by the actors for instance when Anandji has to make a choice, he says there are some people who want drama all the time, but that doesn’t mean we have to watch it! The play definitely steals the show for its simplicity, for its humour, for its subtle yet strong message and most importantly for its realism that is far moved from idealism. At the end of the play, one applauds at the performance that one saw. But, at the end of this wonderful play, you would all applaud and feel like saying “Salaam Noni Aapa!”
Kaustubh Joshi
Kaustubh Joshi is a theatre lover and critic from Bombay and reviews plays and performance art independently without bias to or association with any theatre group, association or production house, creating theatre awareness, promoting theatre as an art form and separating the best from the banal.