D’Arranged Marriage: A Refreshing Comical Play
Those Indian Guys, Tarun Mohanbhai and Rajeev Verma, are all set to present their refreshingly comical play, D’Arranged Marriage, to the New Zealand theatre lovers. An enthralling play geared up to take the audience in an emotional roller coaster of laughter and cry.
Those Indians guys with their plays and performances have carved a niche for themselves in the New Zealand entertainment scene. This entertaining duo have explored various themes through theatrical plays from cultural clash, immigration, cultural stereotypes, growing up Indian in New Zealand society and cultural expectation. Themes like love, loss, family and so on were also staged by these guys.
D’Arranged Marriage takes you through the journey of Indian culture and life in New Zealand in a typical bollywood style of dance and drama. The story line is about Sanjay Gupta, the New Zealand born son of Indian immigrants Manhur and Pushpa. 29 year-old Sanjay lives at home, works in his father’s corner shop, dreams of a career in stand-up comedy, and strenuously avoids the issue of an arranged marriage. His nagging parents finally get the better of him, but to his surprise, he discovers that Neenu, the prospective bride, is the one! Unfortunately, complications (and hilarity) ensue… Adding to Sanjay’s trials and tribulations are Dilip, a gimpy uncle who yearns for the perfect Indian woman; the smooth-talking, sleazy playboy Rundeep; and Mr. Dave Patel, Johnny Walker’s (and the British Empire’s) best friend, who is Sanjay’s potential father-in-law.
The director of the play, Rajeev Varma, has been in the acting profession for 16 years. Having graduated from The Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts in Auckland, New Zealand, he created the Rising Generation Theatre Company and has also produced and acted in many plays. In recent years Rajeev has been in New York on various projects and has performed D’Arranged Marriage off Broadway.
Talking about D’Arranged Marriage, Tarun Mohanbhai, the actor who plays all the 8 characters of the play, says “It was a show we started as part of the 2002 International Comedy Festival. I would have never dreamed 14 years later it would still be entertaining he masses or even have relevance. Although over the years the show has evolved into something that we could have never imagined.”
D’Arranged Marriage, which has been performed in seven countries over 200 times, has been a proven international critical success. This funny parody of Indian family life, ‘a roller coaster ride to laughsville’ as dubbed by the critics, is not to be missed.
The play will be staged at the Playhouse Theatre, Glen Eden, 15 Glendale Road, west Auckland, on the 5th and 6th of September. The tickets cost $30 out of which $10 from each ticket is donated to The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand, as the Ambassador of the same Tarun Mohanbhai has taken this initiative.
One can avail the ticket from www.eventfinder.co.nz or text 021 649 455 with your name and how many tickets you would like.
Those Indian Guys, Tarun Mohanbhai and Rajeev Verma, are all set to present their refreshingly comical play, D’Arranged Marriage, to the New Zealand theatre lovers. An enthralling play geared up to take the audience in an emotional roller coaster of laughter and cry.
Those Indians guys with their...
Those Indian Guys, Tarun Mohanbhai and Rajeev Verma, are all set to present their refreshingly comical play, D’Arranged Marriage, to the New Zealand theatre lovers. An enthralling play geared up to take the audience in an emotional roller coaster of laughter and cry.
Those Indians guys with their plays and performances have carved a niche for themselves in the New Zealand entertainment scene. This entertaining duo have explored various themes through theatrical plays from cultural clash, immigration, cultural stereotypes, growing up Indian in New Zealand society and cultural expectation. Themes like love, loss, family and so on were also staged by these guys.
D’Arranged Marriage takes you through the journey of Indian culture and life in New Zealand in a typical bollywood style of dance and drama. The story line is about Sanjay Gupta, the New Zealand born son of Indian immigrants Manhur and Pushpa. 29 year-old Sanjay lives at home, works in his father’s corner shop, dreams of a career in stand-up comedy, and strenuously avoids the issue of an arranged marriage. His nagging parents finally get the better of him, but to his surprise, he discovers that Neenu, the prospective bride, is the one! Unfortunately, complications (and hilarity) ensue… Adding to Sanjay’s trials and tribulations are Dilip, a gimpy uncle who yearns for the perfect Indian woman; the smooth-talking, sleazy playboy Rundeep; and Mr. Dave Patel, Johnny Walker’s (and the British Empire’s) best friend, who is Sanjay’s potential father-in-law.
The director of the play, Rajeev Varma, has been in the acting profession for 16 years. Having graduated from The Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts in Auckland, New Zealand, he created the Rising Generation Theatre Company and has also produced and acted in many plays. In recent years Rajeev has been in New York on various projects and has performed D’Arranged Marriage off Broadway.
Talking about D’Arranged Marriage, Tarun Mohanbhai, the actor who plays all the 8 characters of the play, says “It was a show we started as part of the 2002 International Comedy Festival. I would have never dreamed 14 years later it would still be entertaining he masses or even have relevance. Although over the years the show has evolved into something that we could have never imagined.”
D’Arranged Marriage, which has been performed in seven countries over 200 times, has been a proven international critical success. This funny parody of Indian family life, ‘a roller coaster ride to laughsville’ as dubbed by the critics, is not to be missed.
The play will be staged at the Playhouse Theatre, Glen Eden, 15 Glendale Road, west Auckland, on the 5th and 6th of September. The tickets cost $30 out of which $10 from each ticket is donated to The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand, as the Ambassador of the same Tarun Mohanbhai has taken this initiative.
One can avail the ticket from www.eventfinder.co.nz or text 021 649 455 with your name and how many tickets you would like.
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