‘Between the lines‘, casts Nandita Das (as Maya) and Subodh Maskara (as Shekhar) – a real life couple, whose characters bring out the subtleties of their relationship as a lawyer couple.
Shekhar Anand is a successful, sought-after criminal lawyer, while, Maya is today’s urban woman, who juggles between home and working at a law firm.
The couple met at a law school, 14 years ago and fell in love while teaming up for ‘arranged marriage’ against ‘love marriage’ in a debate competition.
10 years of marriage, a 8 year old Arjun, life of this couple has come a long way with clear demarcation of job descriptions for each to perform and execute.
Everything seemed perfect like the brownies Maya made at home. Until one day, where they realize that they are on the opposite sides in an attempted murder case, Shekhar as prosecutor and Maya, as defense lawyer.
As they fight the case in the court room, there is only a thin line difference between their professional and personal life. We see that, their own inequalities begin to surface through the lives of their respective clients.
At the end, as audience, we only become witnesses to those subtle emotions that emerge out beautifully through their characters and more so enthralled, when it hits hard on our own emotions.
Directed by Nandita Das, written by Nandita Das and Divya Jagdale, this theatre act deserves all the standing ovation it received last night.
Special mention goes to The Hindu, Evam for organizing this extremely well!
Swathi Ravichandran 