The 50th show of comedy play Bhagavadajjukam

Originally written in

Sanskrit

, satirical play Bhagavadajjukam was written years ago still holding relevance in today’s time. Staged for the 50th time at

Shaheed Bhawan

, the play was presented was as it was designed by late Alkahnandan but this time under the direction of his son Ansh Paayan Sinha. It revolves around the process of Parakaya Pravesha which means the transmigration of souls. A Buddhist

monk

and his disciple meet a courtesan and his maid at their garden. After talking for some time, the courtesan suddenly falls unconscious on the ground. The three people find out that she has been bitten by a snake. The disciple requests the monk to save her. Through the process of Parakaya Pravesha, the monk’s soul enters the body of the unconscious woman. As soon as she wakes ups, she starts behaving like the monk.

The audience finds out that the messenger had come to take away the life of some old lady, but by mistake, he took someone else’s soul. After this, the messenger of the God of Death arrives again with the soul of the courtesan and accidentally slips it into the body of the monk. Now when he gets up, he starts behaving like a woman. As the originally the play was written in Sanskrit semi-classical songs were used in the performance to bring a feel of Sanskrit.