You, the Great Grandmother of all lies!

Vai. Mu. Ba, had he been watching the play Moonshine and Skytoffee, would have been a very happy man. For Kesavan Nair, Saramma, Ottakkannan Pokkar, Zainaba, and Mandan Muthapa came to life and talked (yes, in English) to a stunned audience at Ranga Shankara. (And my friend and ex-roomie Saju became "athu njammala!" Ettukaali Mammoonju. The thing about Mammoonju is that he habitually owns up all the illicit pregnancies around the village. Hahaha.)

Brilliant work by the cast and crew. They've sewn two of Basheer's stories together - Premalekhanam (Love Letter) and Mucheettu Kalikkarante Makal (The Cardsharp's Daughter) - for the play. And man, didn't they engross and entertain us.

Of course it did help that I'm bloody sentimental about Malayalam literature and my favourite writers. But that alone wouldn't explain the standing ovation these folks of Magic Lantern received from a very modern, very urban, early 21st century audience. Man, that makes me very happy too.

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