Mr. India

A half-blind, bumbling tea-seller in Delhi rises to become Prime Minister of India in this hilarious and hard-hitting satire on Indian democracy. Based on the 2007 novel The Peacock Throne , acclaimed by Time (http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1586291,00.html) and The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/feb/24/featuresreviews.guardianreview22) , the play is a grand farce, starting with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and ending with the election that threw up a hung parliament in 1989. Tucked amidst these momentous events is the tale of a humble and foolish tea-seller, whose rise to power is the bittersweet story of India itself. The play features spectacular sets, costumes and lights, along with live music by Nachiketa Yakkundi (http://ganapriya.com/) and his team, and dance by Niharika Mohanty (http://gurushradha.org/home.php) , Deepa Mahadevan (https://www.facebook.com/deepa.mahadevan.39) , Madhuri Kishore (https://www.facebook.com/Madhurikishorekuchipudischool/) and their team. The whole play rhymes.