Unmasking the reality

“Drishtikanya depicts a universal truth. The play is a telling account of how truth is often compromised to keep up the pretence of a sophisticated society,” says a review by The Hindu.
“When a person begins to see people for what they are, conflicts are bound to happen. Unlike her other stories, The Blue Lenses is quite different from what Daphne Du Maurier has written, a dark comedy,” says a review by DNA.
Drishtikanya, a comedy of illusions is the latest play from the director of Sadichha-r Rangbadal, Simantini and Dui Hujurer Gappo. It revolves around Tamasa, a blind lady who regains her lost eye-sight after 8 long years in a cabin of Bright Health Nursing Home. As the bandages are removed, Tamasa sees everything – or rather, everyone – entirely differently; every human face appears to be that of an animal! Her apparently loving husband, the caring nurse, her noble father-in-law, everyone has an animal face. Innocently blurting out what she sees, Tamasa becomes a mirror reflecting unpalatable truths to everyone – creating confusion, frustration, drawing ire – all at once. Many hilarious situations are crafted on stage as the drama slowly progresses revolving around Tamasa’s strange vision and her relationship with each of the characters. But, it takes a sharp turn when Tamasa suddenly starts seeing the doctor’s human face and all the “animals” get together in a conspiracy against her. Did Tamasa’s world fall apart? Will Tamasa be able to see the world and its people as they are? Can the doctor fix her vision to ‘normal’? The play brings out the idiosyncrasies of our so-called ‘sophisticated’ society using apt comedies and sharp characters that are bound to trigger questions on faith, liberty, and truth from the clutches of the societal norms.