I am a big sucker for movies and a bigger sucker for stand-up comedy and plays. I recently went to Mumbai's most famous Prithvi Theatre to watch Me, Kash and Cruise a lovely play directed by Rahul Da Cunha.
It's a very well designed concept about the city Mumbai where 3 theatre friends Pooja Thomas, Rajesh Kashyap and Cruise Khan start their journey back in 1984 and pass through different phases in Mumbai from the unforgettable riots in the 1992, to a nightclub interrupted by a corrupt policeman, and they touch on different topics we complain/love/hate about in this very city of ours. My favourite scene was about the chaos created in the city when a religious festival takes place, just because I could relate it to an hour before getting to the theatre my boyfriend and I were fuming about the road blocks and traffic created by the current festival in the city.
However as the play continues you can't help but be amazed by the different cameos played by Rajit Kapur in different scenarios of the play. He was just too damn good and definitely my personal favourite to watch all along, even though he would come and go...like a tease haha.
The play is a bittersweet reminder about 'Amchi Mumbai' and it's workings. It teaches us that even with all the possible flaws and pandemonium the city creates we still develop a love-hate relationship and eventually come to terms with it. You need to watch it at least once with an open-heart and mind and you will love the humour, characterisation, reality Me, Kash and Cruise has to offer.
I would give this an 8.5/10
It's a very well designed concept about the city Mumbai where 3 theatre friends Pooja Thomas, Rajesh Kashyap and Cruise Khan start their journey back in 1984 and pass through different phases in Mumbai from the unforgettable riots in the 1992, to a nightclub interrupted by a corrupt policeman, and they touch on different topics we complain/love/hate about in this very city of ours. My favourite scene was about the chaos created in the city when a religious festival takes place, just because I could relate it to an hour before getting to the theatre my boyfriend and I were fuming about the road blocks and traffic created by the current festival in the city.
However as the play continues you can't help but be amazed by the different cameos played by Rajit Kapur in different scenarios of the play. He was just too damn good and definitely my personal favourite to watch all along, even though he would come and go...like a tease haha.
The play is a bittersweet reminder about 'Amchi Mumbai' and it's workings. It teaches us that even with all the possible flaws and pandemonium the city creates we still develop a love-hate relationship and eventually come to terms with it. You need to watch it at least once with an open-heart and mind and you will love the humour, characterisation, reality Me, Kash and Cruise has to offer.
I would give this an 8.5/10
