Atelier theatre group presents Khusar Phusar a Hindi adaptation of Neil Simon's Rumors. The Play will be performed on January 3 and 4 at Kamani auditorium at the Capital's Copernicus marg. The play starts with several affluent couples gathering in the posh suburban residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' first anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host – resident from the posh colony of South Delhi - has shot himself through the earlobe. Comic complications arise when, given everyone's upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police and the media.
The play is directed by Kuljeet Singh, a recipient of Junior fellowship in Theatre (Ministry of Culture, GOI), YUVA Puruskar (Sahitya Kala Parishad, Government of Delhi) and YCE – Young Creative Entrepreneur Award (British Council, India), Kuljeet has adapted and directed more than a dozen full length productions for Atelier Theatre: Self scripted Goodbye Blue Sky, Barrie Keeffe’ SUS, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, Manu Bhandari’s Mahabhoj, Neil Simon’s Laughter On The 23rd Floor and Rumors (as Khusar Phusar), Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story, Badal Sircar’s Baaki Itihas and Saari Raat and of late Ramu Ramanathan’s Collaborators . His magnum opus Goodbye Blue Sky was awarded by Sahitya Kala Parishad in 2006 and has been performed in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
The play is directed by Kuljeet Singh, a recipient of Junior fellowship in Theatre (Ministry of Culture, GOI), YUVA Puruskar (Sahitya Kala Parishad, Government of Delhi) and YCE – Young Creative Entrepreneur Award (British Council, India), Kuljeet has adapted and directed more than a dozen full length productions for Atelier Theatre: Self scripted Goodbye Blue Sky, Barrie Keeffe’ SUS, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, Manu Bhandari’s Mahabhoj, Neil Simon’s Laughter On The 23rd Floor and Rumors (as Khusar Phusar), Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story, Badal Sircar’s Baaki Itihas and Saari Raat and of late Ramu Ramanathan’s Collaborators . His magnum opus Goodbye Blue Sky was awarded by Sahitya Kala Parishad in 2006 and has been performed in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.