Draupadi Swayamvara - Hum Hongey Kaamyaab!

Draupadi Swayamvaram Group Poto, originally uploaded by Asha Mokashi.

Okay, guys, here's one of the all-time high points in SCT Fun Life! On the 15th Feb, a group of us performed a spoof skit called "Draupadi Swayamvara - Hum Hongey Kaamyaab"!

Seven of us sat down, discussed, came up with the story, practised exactly 3 times, hired drama costumes from Prabhat Stores, and we floored the entire audience who were laughing until they cried!

The script, casting, direction, and general management was by Guru Prasad - three cheers to him! We all had to write our own dialogues, and those who forgot made up on-the-spot stuff!!!

The cast:

Rizwan: Dhuryodhana
Srini: Akbar
Swapnil: Gabbar Singh
Rahul Ghugre: Draupadi [Three cheers to Ghoogs!]
Guru: Arjun
Malloli: Dhrupad
Ashok: H.D.Chumaraswamy
UT [Upendra]: Ravana
Asha: Mantri and announcer
Karthikeyan: Rajinikanth
Rinu Thomas Baby: Kandathiparambil Kochuvarghese Ouseppachan, Indernashnal Singer from Kerala!

Mahesh Srivastava & Murtuza Vohra: Technical Support, Stage and Cafeteria Arrangement

Shekhar: Videography of entire play [Hope to write a cd soon!]

Special thanks to our HR Manager, Matangi Jayaram, who always supports us enthusiastically, whatever crazy things we come up with!!

We went to Prabhat stores in Chamarajpet, dressed up there, and came back by car - we stopped traffic in front of the shop and all along the way where people noticed us!!!! UT kept giving loud Ravana laughs making people almost fall off their bikes! It was Such Crazy Fun!

Two years ago, Srini and I had gone to Prabhat stores and looked at the costumes, but we did not get volunteers, so nothing happened - we amply made up for that now!

Please click on photo link and see all the 25 photos!