This is a play about the guy who killed Mahatma Gandhi. It tries to put forth his perspective on the act. Not too convincingly, I might add.
It's good as far as a perspective goes. But justifying murder for any reason, to my mind, except rare cases of self-defence, is a no-no.
Written and directed by Bharat Dabholkar, a celebrated Ad man. It is well-acted, and is a bit thought-provoking, showing some warts in the Mahatma's ways of dealing with the Partition of India. Anant Mahadevan acts as Mahatma Gandhi, and his son. Bharat also plays a small role himself.
It's also a bit hard to believe that he was acting all alone. Anyway, a good theatre experience. This was the Hindi version.
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