"Blame it on Yashraj" is the hilarious story of a Punjabi/Bengali family, who get caught up in the whirlwind of a wedding when their darling daughter decides to marry a Muslim boy. Innovatively mounted with fast-changing video walls as backdrops, every scene and every emotion is enhanced with music and dances, hilarious parodies of popular Bollywood tracks and an ensemble cast of well-known stage and TV artists. The humor in the play comes not from gags, but from the 'I have seen that, I have said that, I have experienced that in my family!' feeling! The play is a mirror to our life being shown on stage. The play, which will feature a foot-tapping score by Louis Banks, promises to be a laugh-a-minute roller coaster ride.
Place: Sir Sayajirao Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Does bringing up our off-spring in the face of hardships, be they emotional, physical or financial, oblige our children to be committed to us? Should we then compel them to live their own lives in our shadow and be at our beck and call? Must the children give up on their individual lives, particularly when a parent is possessive? Does it mean that if children pursue their own lives, they are being selfish? These are some of the questions that writer Iravati Karnik attempts to ask through her Marathi play CHAPA KATA. Co-produced by Anamika and Rasika Productions, and directed by Sameer Vidwans, this is a family drama dealing with parent-child relationships.
Place: Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Raju Raja Ram aur Main, starring Sharman Joshi, is the Hindi adaptation of the Marathi play 'Sahi Re Sahi'. Written and directed by Kedar Shinde, Sahi Re Sahi is one of the longest running regional plays in India. The play is a story of mixed-up confusions. It follows the life of Madan Sukhnandani – an old, but rich industrialist, his young wife and his loyal yet disloyal personal assistant. Trouble ensues when Madan discovers that his wife is having an affair with his PA. After much chaos, the wife accidentally ends up killing Madan. Conspiracies, confusion and hilarity, is what follows next. To make the situation more perplexing, three-lookalikes of Madan Sukhnandani appear.
Place: Sir Sayajirao Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

A play in Gujarati, "Mareez”, is a fantasia on the theme of poetic improvisation. The play is a deep serious exploration of the poetic impulse based on the life of Mareez: poet, writer of beautiful ghazals, lover of alcohol; a man who courts any muse visible to him; a man reduced to selling his poetry to businessmen who pass it off as their own. The play is based on Raish Maniaar's book- "Mareez": Astitva ane Vyaktitva. In the artificial split between high culture and pop culture, Mareez makes his appearance like a colossus. As all creative geniuses do, Mareez completely redefined the ground rules of shayri, a genre made famous by Urdu ghazalkars. Manoj Shah's production brings alive the life and times of this underrated poet with a palpable energy. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh's backdrop is sublimely beautiful, providing the perfect setting to a biographical play interspersed with the poetry of life.
Place: Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Between the Lines is a contemporary play set in urban India, where well-educated, affluent couples find themselves caught between modernity and tradition. Maya and Shekhar are a lawyer couple, who have been married for 10 years. Shekhar is a high-profile criminal lawyer, while Maya balances work and life, drafting routine contracts for a law firm. As destiny would have it, they end up arguing on opposite sides of a criminal trial, resulting in the blurring of their personal and professional lives. The play, starring Nandita Das and Subodh Maskara, explores the bold theme of gender inequality — how it plagues even the so-called 'upper middle-class'.
Place: Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Kishan Vs Kanhaiya, starring Paresh Rawal, is a play about an atheist`s battle with God. Kishan, a small time street smart conman and antique dealer, is an atheist married to a very religious woman. There is always an argument about religion in the house. Hilariously funny situations are created due to this conflict. Suddenly, a dramatic event occurs in his life which changes his outlook and leads him to question the very existence of God or ‘Kanhaiya’.
Place: Sir Sayajirao Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai is a journey of a man who should have been a failure but manipulated his destiny and forced it to make him a success. The play is staged as a full production with Anupam Kher narrating and dramatizing the important events in his life e.g. his first romantic encounter, his failure at the Gandhi audition, the casting in Saaransh, his personal relationships etc. Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai essentially tells the story of a man from a small town making it in the Hindi film Industry, then faltering and failing, yet never giving up hope. Every member of the audience will identify with him and find bits of their lives being played on stage. The play celebrates life and reaches out to all with honestly and rare candour. Never before in the history of theatre has the autobiography of an actor been dramatized on stage, especially when he's still practicing his craft.
Place: Sir Sayajirao Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm

Chanakya was a great statesman; a political strategist who created a nation out of squabbling kingdoms. The play focusses on the vision of Chanakya of changing the political system of his time to create a benevolent sovereign. Author of Artha Shastra, his struggle meets fruition when his goal is realized through his sheer ingenuity and political brilliance. The play is an attempt to read those glorious pages from the past. It presents an opportunity for introspection towards the society and the leaders of the society. To proclaim that the nation is supreme and selfless love for the nation is the only virtuous selfishness. Family, friends and fortune, all are secondary.
Place: Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Gruh
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm