Vichha Majhi Puri Kara (2019)

This famous folk play was written by Vasant Sabnis and especially for Dada Kondke, the famous Marathi actor it was designed for urban viewers while keeping the rural punches intact. The play follows the format of a Tamasha. The story is that of a king and his scheming prime minister following the death of the administrative head – the kotwal, the prime minister promptly fills the coveted post with his inept and undeserving brother-in-law. As per the hierarchy, the present havaldar ought to have been promoted to the post the wronged havaldar along with his sweetheart Mainavati plan to frame the new kotwal. Mainavati works her charms on the kotwal and then beseeches his to fulfil her numerous wishes. She orders him to bring her the king’s ring, chain and finally the king’s four-poster bed (chappari palang)- which he does.