The play ‘Ghalib in New Delhi’ tickles the funny bone of theatre lovers of Jaipur

The theatre lovers of Jaipur laughed their hearts out as they watched Hindi-Urdu comedy play ‘Ghalib in New Delhi’. The play was staged during 12 day festival ‘Virsa 2019’ which concluded with the staging of this play. It was organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra in association with Rajasthan Urdu Academy, Jaipur.

Directed by Dr M Sayeed Alam, this rip roaring 90 minutes play depicts the entertaining incidents of the great Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib while he revisits his beloved ‘Dehli’, to witness and relish his posthumous fame.It is to be noted that the play ‘Ghalib In New Delhi’ by the Pierrot’s Troupe’s is the India’s longest running comedy and has 490 shows to its credit. Dr Alam, who played the role of Ghalib has written the play too. Based on imagination, the play shows how surprised Ghalib is to see New Delhi. He is asked for his Aadhaar Card and is thrown out of his own ‘Haveli’.

As the play continues, he is forced to stay in a servant quarter with a young man from Bihar, Jai Hind who is also a Delhi University student. Persuaded by the duo and in desperate need of recognition, Ghalib decides to change himself according to the modern times. He organizes a press conference and takes the help from an advertising agency. He starts wearing a T-shirt instead of ‘Sherwani’ and gets his autobiography written in English by Shobha De. After getting his fame back, he opts to live in a flat instead of ‘Haveli’. The other artistes who acted in the play were - Jaskiran Chopra, Himanshu Srivastava, Manish Kumar, Yashraj Malik, Aryan Pratap Singh, Tanay Tarany, among others.