JOIN USAfter directing popular plays like Ek Mulaqaat, and Gardish Mein Taare, director Saif Hyder Hasan is back in the city with his new production, Mr and Mrs Murarilal which depicts how loneliness affects people in old age – an idea, he says, stems from his personal life. “My father, and mother-in-law, who had lost their partners, used to live with us. While they were extremely happy with us, they used to constantly talk about their respective partners. We could sense that at times they felt extremely lonely,” Mumbai-based Hasan tells Metrolife.
Featuring Satish Kaushik and Meghna Malik, the 120-minute play revolves around the life of a married couple who go to a park one night. However, little do they know that the night into a roller coaster ride. Mr Murarilal gets into a brawl with the night guard of the park and Mrs Murarilal joins in too. As the couple try to teach the night guard a lesson, the incidence ends up revealing the pain and the burden they have been carrying in their hearts since a long time.
“The play isn’t only about old age loneliness. It also deals with what happens when people lose their partners. They can lose them at any age... and how loneliness enters their life,” he says, adding that he has ensured that dialogues are witty and characters have humour to make the play entertaining.
According to him, the play is a complete package. “It has everything — songs, dance, humour and, of course, a good script.”
Ask him why he has added humour in the play which deals with a serious subject, he says, “My DNA has a lot of humour. Even in real life when I am talking on a serious
subject, I will say something that will make everyone smile.”
“So it was important that my characters were not addressing loneliness in a serious manner. They are the ones who are tackling the issue with a sense of humour,” he adds.
Mr and Mrs Murarilal will be staged on September 17 and 18 at 5 pm and 8 pm respectively at Sri Satya Sai Auditorium, Lodhi Road.