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This play by Sushmita Mukherjee highlights women's experiences
Updated On: 20 August, 2024 09:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
Veteran theatremaker and author Sushmita Mukherjee returns to Mumbai with her solo-act, Naaribai, that adds a layer of complexity to the growing voice of women around the country
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Mukherjee in performance. Pics Courtesy/Instagram
I have taken refuge in jungles at night. Do you think I am afraid of the tiger’s jaws or the policeman’s lathi?” For actor and writer Sushmita Mukherjee, the answer to this question by her character, Naaribai, depends on the experience of women. Yet, there is something familiar in its underlying anger. It is this angst, complexity of emotions and experiences that will drive her 75-minute solo act, Naaribai, that returns to an Andheri stage this week.
“I first performed the play in a friend’s drawing room,” recalls the actress, who is most familiar to ’90s kids as Kitty, the assistant to Pankaj Kapur’s carrot-chewing detective Karamchand. Written in 2016, the work was born of her own experiences and travels through the region of Bundelkhand while doing theatre. It has also influenced her work as an author. In 2021, Mukherjee wrote, Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Women, a collection of 11 short stories based on the conversations and stories collected through her travels.
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