The play, Chikku Bukku Kalyanam, had the audience in splits with its comical chaos
The play 'Chikku Bukku Kalyanam,' directed by Vedarun Rajkumar, was recently performed at the Krishna Gana Sabha summer drama festival. The comedic story follows a romantic girl's train journey and the chaotic interference of her father's hired spy.
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All the action in Karpanai Kuthirai’s Chikku Bukku Kalyanam (written and directed by Vedarun Rajkumar) takes place on a train. The play was staged as part of Krishna Gana Sabha’s summer drama festival. The story revolves around a hopelessly romantic girl — Ananya (portrayed by Subhiksha Sridharan) — who wants an unusual wedding venue and is travelling to marry her boyfriend in a railway station. She is also happy about her father’s opposition to her choice as she believes — what is a romance without parental disapproval? Ananya’s father engages Mathew to spy on his daughter. Mathew, who is busy, asks his friend Balaji, a reformed pick-pocketer, to take his place on the train.
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