My parents enriched our childhood in multiple ways. There used to be small, little excursions now and then, for instance. Similarly, there was a wealth of cultural experiences. We were often taken to attend musical concerts. We watched good films. No wonder, a trip to theater now and then was but normal.
During one such performances, I watched Acharya Atre's "To mi navech." I think it was at the Balgandharw Theater that we watched the play. There was, I think, a turntable stage to depict the forever changing chicanery of the main character who would repeatedly assert his trademark tagline, the title of the play.
The play by Acharya Atre is not a very existentialistic search of human identity, et al. The play, an absolutely realistic one, is a social satire. It shows how a chameleon like fraudster exploits the weaknesses of women, pressurised by the stupid marriage market.
The play has lots of satirical laughter at the society and its crude hypocrisies, at the gullibility of women, at the emptiness of most societal institutions, be it the religiosity or the marriage market.
Basically, thus is Acharya Atre's oeuvre. He whiplashes the societal frauds. For the victims of such perpetrators, Acharya Atre has an amused tolerance. No wonder, his plays were a laughter riot cum eye-opener!
Pratima@It is remarkable that a satirist like him produced "Shyamchi Aai", a sensitive depiction of an ideal family life as reflected in the autobiography of Sane Guruji, in itself sentmental sensitivity personified!
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