Butter and Mashed Bananas

Saw this play a while back, 'Butter and Mashed Bananas', with a remarkable storyline, fantastic acting and great direction.

But first let me see if I can outline what this play was about. Was it a jab at our society? Or was it an uppercut to our politicians? Or a left hook to the system we live in? The play was damn funny but extremely thought provoking at the same time. It was very innovative, saw lots of things being depicted in such noteworthy new ways…

But why the hell am I having a tough time describing this play??? It is actually straightforward…it is about a boy who is born to parents, by accident I may add, who belong to the opposite ends of the political and social ideology in India.

Growing up the boy faces struggles to find his own identity, always torn between his parent’s choices. The boy grows up to become a world famous author and writes a brilliant book but surprisingly the book goes completely unnoticed in India. He finds out that his book got censored and did not even make it to the Indian market. He tries to make a film to reach out to the country and that too gets censored. He questions, who is this censor board? What qualifications to they have and what are these limits they agree upon and who decides them? Why is the censor board so random even though it consists of highly reputable people with degrees from the most well known educational institutions of the world?
Anyway his life continues and he decides not to give up and to do something about the system, he joins politics. There he finds himself caught in a terrible mess just because of making some simple statements like “Truth shall prevail” and “The culprits should be caught”. He tries hard but finally other politicians join hands and overwhelm him. He slips away from people’s memory and unappreciated in his own country he fades away…

I don't think the short description here in this post is going to convey how good the play was. The music, played live, the brilliant acting, the directing and the simplicity of it all actually made this play extremely enjoyable but only by actually seeing it will you be able to appreciate what it is and what it does…