Binkaamache Samwad

Director – Alok Rajwade

Writer – Dharmakirti Sumant

Cast – Abhay Mahajan, Pushkaraj Chirputkar, Suvrat Joshi, Siddhesh Purkar, Veera Saxena, Laxmi Birajdar, Omkar Govardhan, Akshaya Deodhar, Tushar Tengale and Dhanraj Narayankar

‘It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.’

                                                                                                                  Steve Maraboli

‘Binkaamache Samwad’ brings out the frustration in the mind of the writer which is given an artistic angle by its director. It is an absolute piece of trash from Natak Company, whose members have left no stone unturned to trick their loyal audience into believing that the play is ‘one of its kind’.

Let’s go back to Geli Ekvees Varsha. It focused on teen frustration, had a practical and relatable storyline and was presented in a brilliant way. However, the present play has no story. It is the Bhel of individualistic emotions derived from the views of a pseudo-liberal society who does nothing more than blaming others for their failures.

So what exactly happens in the play? From political parties to vested interests, from pornography to the geography of Pune, from on-screen drama to off screen-reality, from the internet to modern relationships; everything is covered in monologues and dialogues. But, in an exaggerated and distasteful way that caters only to the small bunch of artistic thinkers.

The combination of writer Dharmakirti Sumant and Alok Rajwade which created a revolution on Marathi stage with Geli Ekvees Varsha has lost its way here. I would blame the writer more as compared to the director. You struggle to find logic in his arguments – be it those related to the fundamentalists, the deprived masses or the common man. It is more of frustration that is derived from the fear of rejection; like the voice that doesn’t find ears in the crowd.

The sad part is that nowhere through the course of the play do you come across a ray of hope. Now this makes your mind heavy. You end up ruining two hours of your time listening to problems caused by societal progress without being provoked to act in this regard. In between you have childish, amateurish humour that gets on your nerves. Cuss words carry no relevance. And what happens in a particular scene has no connection to what happens next.

The actors are wasted (literally). Veera Saxena who was a brilliant support in ‘Hunterrr’ troubles your eyes with her act. If you haven’t had enough of Suvrat Joshi’s and Pushkaraj Chirputkar’s demented antics in Dil, Dosti, Duniyadari then watch them cross the level of exaggeration out here. Abhay Mahajan is a repetition of what you’ve seen previously. I should avoid speaking about others. 

I’m going with zero out of five stars for ‘Binkaamache Samvad’. This is not a case of vendetta but honesty and professionalism. Avoid this play!!