Makarand Deshpande’s 50th play ‘Epic Gadbad’ to be staged in Mumbai

Actor and

theatre

director Makarand Deshpande’s play ‘

Epic Gadbad

’ will be staged in Mumbai this weekend. A two-act Hindi play, this is the 50th play written and directed by him. It touches upon the latest fad where everyone is trying to be one up on the crazy ideas and themes they want to explore for a wedding and to what length do people go to fulfill their desire for the same. The play will premiere on Thursday (July 19) and will go on till July 21 at

Prithvi Theatre

. “The playwright in me thought that it could be a perfect opportunity for farce and that’s how ‘Epic Gadbad’ came about,” he says.

Elaborating on the play, he says, “I may have written a lot more but, this is the 50th original script reaching the performing stage. The journey until now has been a learning experience, after experimenting with various genres like mythology, fantasy, comedy, romance, absurdity and satire, one understands the gravity of a subject. This time around I am dabbling with farce." The play stars actors Sanjay Dadhich, Ninad Limaye, Akanksha Gade, Madhuri Gawali, Bharat More and Ajay Kamble.