Telugu play ‘Rallu Etthani Coolielu’ is a satire on the modern day corrupt times
The Hindu
Adapted from widely popular ‘Taj Mahal ka Tender’, the play shows what happens if Shah Jahan builds the Taj Mahal in 2021
The Telugu play Rallu Etthani Coolielu uses wit, humour and sarcasm to address corruption in society. Adapted by Suma Pamidigantam from the popular Hindi play Taj Mahal Ka Tender by playwright Ajay Shukla, the Telugu version has been designed and directed by Nagaraju Pejjai for Hyderabad-based Samahaara Theatre group. The play creates a hypothetical situation — what if Mughal emperor Shah Jahan wished to build a Taj Mahal for his beloved queen in 2021?
The play with 14 artistes will be led by two narrators. The story has the emperor summoning an engineer to create a plan for the monument. “But how can a building project take off without an office,’ asks the engineer and convinces the emperor to wait until the office is ready. It takes five years for the office to complete and then the monument plan takes off,” says Nagaraju.
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