‘Miya Biwi’ leaves you in splits

The story revolves around an episode where a Hyderabadi couple is fed up of each other and they go to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time. But during the course, they encounter many amusing incidents

Bhagyashree Tarke

The Hyderabadi lingo with an extra ‘a’ in the suffix of almost all parts of the speech has gained popularity all over and is happily embraced by the writers and directors of films and plays. Miya Biwi, a play in the dakhani Hindi that was staged at Lamakaan on Friday received a filling response as the show went almost housefull. It is produced under the banner of UDAAN performing arts, which also produced popular plays like Ji Jaisi Aapki Marzi, Hath Teri Kismet and To Be or Not To Be. Miya Biwi is an adaptation of a Marathi play Shri Tashi Sau, written by Yogesh Soman, translated in Hindi by Saurabh Gharipurikar and directed by Krishna Shukla.

Saurabh Gharipurikar played the Miya and Pushkarini Varma played the Biwi in the play. The play was staged 11 times before in the city and has had an amazing response every time. The story revolves around an episode where a Hyderabadi couple is fed up of each other and they go to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other for the final time. But during the course, they encounter many amusing incidents. They end up realising that even though they fight a lot, they cannot live without each other.

What stands apart in the play is that the story suddenly goes into the flashback mode of what triggered fights between the couple. Saurabh Gharipurikar, the endowed veteran actor and director who had been practicing and doing theatre for 15 years, beautifully lives the character and does a great job keeping the audience hooked while the Biwi, Pushkarini Varma complimented him. Couples in the audience could relate themselves to the conversations and the chemistry that the Miya Biwi shared. The lingo, sense of humour and the timing of the punches of the characters is what kept the audience glued to their chairs.