A close look at people, objects and everyday situations makes one realise that there exists love and comedy in simple day to day life. With an aim to shake up the pressurised minds director Prashanth Jade is here to evoke hidden emotions of the people. His play Tripledy is a three-part play which he also calls “triple comedy”.
Having performed over 100 shows in Bengaluru, director Prashant Jade who wishes for the play to be a stress buster for the people tells us, “The play involves a lot of comedy with thought provoking messages. It moves the spotlight to the audience to get them thinking about moving past problems and living life.” The first part of the play, Suicide Point focuses on the current generation and their materialistic needs. Anuraag Puthige, a software engineer- turned-theatre artiste, who plays the lead role in the play says, “This is something we see every day, the current generation complaining about their never-ending needs. It’s about a guy who commits suicide because he is not satisfied with his life.”
The second part titled Phad Di depicts the inner conflicts of middle aged people where a librarian refuses to sell the last comic book on the planet. The last part of the play Didn’t See It is an adaptation from Ruskin Bond’s romantic short story The Eyes Are Not Here. Anuraag plays a blind man who sits by the railway station writing stories. Prashant says, “The last part aims at telling people that specially abled people are as good as normal people with their own special abilities.”
Chalking out the old school and contemporary theatre style, this comedy play is sure to tickle your funny bone and calm your minds. That’s exactly what Saurav Verma, another engineer-turned-theatre artiste tells us, “The people today are so engrossed in their lives that they don’t actually live. We bring out serious situations of everyday life in the most humourous way. Although my parents wanted me to be well settled, I chose theatre over engineering because it gives me happiness.”
