While the Mahesh Manjrekar naatak may be named after King Khan, the superstar isn't acting in it
While the Mahesh Manjrekar naatak may be named after King Khan, the superstar isn't acting in it
While Mahesh Manjrekar may be friends with Salman Khan and is in talks to direct the actor's home production, he has named his next lavish trilingual play after Sallu's rival Shah Rukh Khan.
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It's called Mee Shahrukh Manjarsum-bekar.
Common kahaani: Shah Rukh Khan
Manjrekar's play is about the common man's hopes and dreams. He confesses that he decided to name the political parable after Shah Rukh the moment he began writing it.
Common constant
Says the director, "Shah Rukh's connectivity with the masses makes him the perfect symbol of modern India."
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The play is in three languagesu00a0 Hindi, Marathi and English and tackles different political issues and scandals. He explains, "Every season will deal with a different issue.
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It could be the MNS insisting that only Marathi songs be played in pooja pandals, or the match-fixing scandal... the politics around the common man changes. The common man remains the constant."
The play hits theatres across Maharashtra from 16 October 2010. It is expected have at least 1000 performances in all three languages.
While Manjrekar plays the lead in English and Hindi, Siddharth Jadhav plays the common man in the Marathi version.
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True working class hero
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