Lubna Salim Actor / Theatre Producer [Hindi Theatre ] Which is the last best play you saw and why? Sunil Shanbag�s STORIES IN A SONG. Innovative in content, it provided wholesome entertainment with some very good performances and had a rare ensemble feel to it. Your favourite adda to see a play� Prithvi Theatre Your favourite playwright� I have revisited Badal Sircar recently. He is very good, and of course Javed Siddiqi. Your favourite play-character� Begum Jaan and Mrinal from SUNTE HO by Gulzar Saab. I play Mrinal and the play is based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore called Streer Patro. A play you would like to see filmed. TUMHARI AMRITA A novel/short story you would like to see on stage? Umrao Jaan, a novel on a lady of substance �. The most hilarious play you have seen� ARRE O� HENRY. It�s our recent production. A play, which is over-hyped� Tim Supple�s production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT�S DREAM�when will they stop finding only cosmetic exotica in India? An important play (but ignored): SHYAM RANG A play character you would like to �dialogue� with� Amrita from TUMHARI AMRITA A passage from an important play that you can recite� Gandhari�s soliloquy from ANDHA YUG A classical play that you should have read� SHAKUNTALAM A play that changed your perception about the theatre�. Naya Theatre�s CHARANDAS CHOR directed by Habib Tanvir How do you regard the Mumbai theatre scene? Hip Hop n Happening. (minus the �tea coffee or me types�). The only �real� thing in today�s mad life. Have you read any interesting books/articles concerning the theatre? Why did you find them interesting? Peter Brook�s Empty Space, Antonin Artaud�s writing on acting. It is very enlightening for actors. Have read several other books too. If you have ever been a part of a theatre production/s, can you recall an event that was insightful, significant or simply humorous?..... I was doing KAIFI KI YAAD MEIN at Prithvi and was assigned the duty of being with Shaukat Kaifi. This seniormost actress had to make an entry after 20 minutes but she was standing in the wings like any other new comer / actor and was experiencing butterflies as is always the case with us performers. She was meditating ,not talking�there was no disturbing her,she was getting so upset when people were coming to talk to her. I was amazed to see a doyen of theatre still getting the jitters at her age. What discipline�. what junoon! I also remember that during one of the performances of my play MERA KUCH SAMAN I had a lot of costume changes and for one of them I completely forgot my next entry. By the time I remembered I was halfway through changing my saree. But I just about managed to tuck in a bit and carried the rest in my hand. I put on the rest of the saree on the stage as though nothing was wrong . Don�t know what the audience thought because the play was about an extra marital affair (hahaha) but I learnt a lesson- don�t take costume changes for granted. Can you think of a foreign production that you found remarkable? Why? CHICAGO. I saw it while I was in New York. Sleek, flawless. Wonder how they can do it so well everytime. Your favourite director/actor/music or set designer� Ramu Ramanathan and Salim Arif/ Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi/Amod Bhatt/Robin Das & Nissar Allana. A significant Indian production that you may have witnessed�.. Kanhailal�s NUPI and Habib Tanvir�s AGRA BAZAAR Life in the theatre without the humble batata-wada or the cutting chai or if you please brownies that are snuggling chocolate bits� or can you recall the best gastronomic experience you�ve had in the precincts of the theatre to date? �. Of course the last minute binging spree that I indulge in before every show (hahaha).We have a series of food festivals every time we go out with Farooque Sheikh abroad; the trip revolves around the eating joints of that particular city. I have always loved the chats and discussions we have had with Javed Akhtar regarding our plays over the Prithvi samosas and kheema pao. And yes, since I have started having my tea without sugar, no cutting chai for me anymore. 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