Sahii Re Sahii!!

It was a windy Friday evening because of the onset of cyclone Biparjoy and I was headed to watch the very famous and long running in theaters Marathi play(natak) "Sahii Re Sahii"! It was a laugh riot. From the very beginning to the end it just keeps you hooked, intrigued and in an awe of what's happening on the stage. The protagonist is played by the brilliant Bharat Jadhav who right from his entry echoing with clapping crowd to the closing of curtains with a standing ovation of the audience completely encapsulates your attention all along. With the advent of OTT the patience and concentration while watching content is definitely reduced but when you get a chance on a windy Friday evening to catch a play, don't miss it, because nothing is equivalent to see such multi-talented bunch of actors performing live. No replay, no forward , no pause, 100 percent concentration from both the ends makes it so much therapeutic. I was surprised by the fact that I did not see my watch even once during the entire play, which in itself is a proof of how engaging the play was.

 

One man, four characters. Yes Bharat Jadhav plays 4 totally different characters on the stage and within minutes you can differentiate among them, but before you realize he was playing character 1, you catch him in place of character 2 and before you settle with that he is already playing character 3 and before you take the next breath he is in character 4. He flows like a river on set with different tributaries flowing from different directions. His movements are so swift that even while you have all the concentration on the stage, it still feels like an illusion. Every character has a pun from walking style to clothing to catchphrase and so much more.

 

Of all the characters my personal favorite was "Galgale", one of the sweetest of all 4. His catchphrase is something everyone in the audience takes home. So basically this character talks to himself loudly before every action and interaction. It is something we all actually do but it is so by default in our brains that we don't speak out aloud before actions though we do speak to ourselves. We all have that Galgale in us who talks in third person and tells us what is wrong/right, what to do next and what not to do next. That inner voice, though not acknowledged by us, actually stays with us in all our good and bad times, talks to us in every phase of our lives. It sometimes contradicts with us, sometimes plays along. Swami Vivekanandji said ,"Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world." Galgale never misses meeting the excellent person let us also not miss that too!

 

The show that I saw was the 4355th iteration and I was blown away with this fact. How can someone do something with so much energy, subtleness and accuracy for so many years. It seems like fruit of passion of the writer, director , musicians and actors. The title song also makes you groove in your seats, and that is when he simultaneously  switches in between characters within a blink of an eye.

After the play ended at around 11:15pm there was a queue of audience waiting to meet Bharat Jadhav and within less than 10min he was up for meeting people and clicking pictures with everyone. I personally met him and told how much I liked the play. All in all if you want to laugh your heart out do catch this play in theaters near you.

 

Thus I came out very happy saying "Atta Galgale mast natak baghun gharii challe"(Now Galgale is going home after watching a great play)!!

 

Happy Reading,

 

Until next time,

 

Siddhi Bhosale.

Picture1: After watching Moruchi Mavshi.
Picture 2: After watching Sahii Re Sahii!

Standing Ovation By the Audience after the play.