Chacha Chchakkan In Action
A humorous, light hearten and self deprecating take on the life in and around us. The play revolves around the quirky misadventures of one and only “Chacha Chchakkan” born and brought up in Lucknow and educated in Aligarh.
Written by – Qudsiya Zaidi, Directed by – Dr. M Sayeed Alam & Prof Danish Iqbal Theatre group – Pierrot troupe
Play Summary
Chacha Chchakkan In Action” is one of the troupe’s thriving productions in recent times – a humorous, light hearten and self deprecating take on the life in and around us. The play revolves around the quirky misadventures of one and only “Chacha Chchakkan” born and brought up in Lucknow and educated in Aligarh.
It begins with Chacha Chchakkan’s chaotic search for his “eyeglasses” . He then proceeds to take care of his ailing son by giving him regular doses of medicine — albeit the wrong ones. He finally decides to take up the job of giving out dirty clothes to the washer woman: This time, he ends up doing something which his wife doesn’t approve at all !!
The play features some of the prominent actors of the country; including M Sayeed Alam as Chacha Chchakkan, Niti Phool as Chacha’s bitter half and Jaskiran Chopra as now extinct Dhoban.
Last but not the least, the play is produced by Pierrot’s Troupe – the theater company credited with giving many new, original and multi award wining entertaining productions to Hindi, Urdu & English Theatre: Ghalib In New Delhi, Maulana Azad, Big B, Ghalib, K L Saigal, Sons of Babur, Ghalib Ke Khat, Shah Jahan –O- Mumtaz, Pakistan Aur Alzheimer’s, To Gandhi Ji With Spelling Mistakes, Sir Iqbal etc.
Written by – Mr. Qudsiya Zaidi
Directed by – Dr M Sayeed Alam & Prof Danish Iqbal
Theatre group – Pierrot troupe
The Cast
Rajesh Singh – Syed Jameel Ashraf
Nishant Saini : Syed Nabeel Asharf
Sahir Dagar – Syed Khaleel Ashraf
Saman Salman: Beti
Lights: Anju Chhabra
Sets: Ajay Sharma
Costumes: Jamazeb
Makeup: Harish Chabbra
Photography: Monica Dawar
Production: Sanjay Gupta
Patronage: Ashok Purang
Play Stats
Play Genre – comedy
Duration – 90 mins
Language – Hindi, Urdu
Subtitles – NA
Play release date – 23-Oct-2016
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