There was utter chaos during certain scenes, but the audience were too busy laughing to notice anything. All in all, it was a stand-out Tamil play, in more ways than one. Photo: R.Ragu
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, who played the Queen, was all grace as she flitted about the stage playing temptress, storyteller, ghost and dancer. Photo: R.Ragu
The team just used some props of minarets to recreate Baghdad of yore. This was a play where the actors owned the stage, and owned it well. Photo: R.Ragu
The props too did not disappoint: mops turned into horses. Photo: R.Ragu
Serious issues were slipped in casually — a character, for instance, tries to kill himself by consuming a popular aerated drink, for “it’s as good as poison”. Photo: R.Ragu
Cheeky one-liners, the way a word is stretched for a hilariously risqué effect, the play showed a certain charm when a joke is conveyed in one’s local language that the English language cannot achieve. Photo: R.Ragu