A whirlwind of emotions

Mandala Theatre’s ongoing play ‘Hiu Bhanda Chiso’ transports the viewer to a night of existential frenzy at an isolated village in the far west.

It’s a picturesque village somewhere in the far west. After a two-hour drive and half an hour walk, a doctor, Siddant, and his subordinate Gopi—a temp worker at a nearby health post—arrive at the latter’s village at twilight. The houses are all lit up, albeit dimly, forming a quaint little cluster. However, these houses are all empty. Except for one. That’s where Gopi, his wife Navrati and their three-year-old son live.