The play 'Guide' at Kamani Auditorium

The play “Guide”, presented by The Times of India – a story of love, passion and deception based on RK Narayan’s novel – was unanimously hailed by the audience as a masterful median between the iconic Dev Anand-starrer and the book.
The play has been directed by Sanjoy Roy and organised by the Teamwork Fine Arts Society, and was staged on April 14 at Kamani Auditorium.The lead characters wearing dhotis, speaking with a bit of a South Indian accent, brought the play closer to the book, which in itself was a challenge, as Sanjoy said later. “What you see is the result of workshops and five weeks of rehearsals,” he said. The performance was open only to TOI guests.
The lead, Raju guide, was played by theatre veteran Dilip Shankar (also the director of the stage musical “Zangoora”), and Rosie by Namita Gyanchandani. Some of the audience there had come lured by the title, wanting to see how it would look on stage, and many of the youngsters had come for the sheer love of theatre. It was a houseful audience that applauded in the end. Must’ve been music to Sanjoy’s ears.
Cast and crew
Raju – Dilip Shankar Marco – Oroon Das
Nalini/Rosie – Namita Gyanchandani
Raju’s mother – Sharupa Duttta
Director – Sanjoy Roy
Playwright – Amitabh Shrivastava
Producers – Ritu Saigal and Sharupa Dutta
Music adaptation – Anil Srinivasan
Choreography – Gilles Chuyen