90’s Bin Baati ke Deep staged at Tribal Museum

Under the direction of Morris Lazarus “Bin Baati Ke Deep” written by Shankar Shesh was staged in

Bhopal

's Tribal Museum. This is the story of two writers, Shiva and Vishakha. Shiva is a failed poet and an over-ambitious man while Vishakha is a blind woman whose novels are loved by the readers. Shiva tells everyone that he wrote the books and additionally has an extramarital affair with a secretary. They trouble the poor blind woman and change her eye drops so that she can never recover.

One day when both Shiva and the secretary are not at home, an old friend of Vishakha major Anand comes to visit her. He feels something fishy and asks her to change her doctor. He then takes her to

Shimla

where she could get her to check up appropriately done. Shiva did not care where his wife went and kept on selling the books which Vishakha wrote. After months of treatment, Vishakha returns home recovered from her disease and discovers the evil deeds of her husband. After this, she confronts her husband and ends up forgiving him. Immediately after this she gets up from the sofa and falls as loses her balance and hurts her head. The director ends the play making the audience guess what happened after she got hurt?

- Farzana Patowari