The story of Surpanakha, the sister of demon king Ravana, and how her treatment at the hands of Laxmana spawned the war between good and evil, is something that all of us have read, heard and talked about. How many of us, though, have wondered what a present-day millennial would say if they crossed paths with Surpanakha?

Tantalising yet severely unexplored in art forms, this scenario is what student-guru turned director-producer pair of Jyotsna Shourie and Aneesha Grover brings us in the form of their new production. Unmasked, When Ravana Walked the Earth is a Contemporary Bharatanatyam performance that explores the characters of the Ramayana through the current generation’s eyes.