Rosesh Has a Hit Play

Indravadan causes much merriment by getting an assorted bunch of people to write dialogues for Rosesh’s play. Maya soldiers on through the reading of this play and it turns out to be a great hit!

## Plot

Rosesh's friend Jaimin Dalaal has written the first scene of their new play—*The agony of Ramu: the doom, despair, and deliverance of the domestic servant*—which is to be performed at even event for Maya's charity. However, Jaimin's hand was fractured while he was jogging. Indravadan suggests writing a new play titled *Bedroom ka Badhshah Behram* and begins rehearsing a script he prepares. Maya tells him that that wouldn't be necessary since Jaimin started writing with his left hand instead. Meanwhile, Maya hires a full-time household worker named Apsara to work at Monisha's place. Monisha protests that her household worker Vidya bai already looks after some of the house's tasks. Apsara later breaks into tears, complaining—in Bengali—that she doesn't want to work around the household and that she left her village to become an actress. Indravadan and Sahil encourage Maya to give Apsara a shot at acting in the play, but Maya is dismissive of the idea. Indravadan draws attention to the irony between Maya's behaviour and the theme of the play. Maya invites Ajinkya Gokhale, a writer of India Times, for a preliminary reading of the play. Indravadan bribes Vithal into giving him the play's script. Indravadan calls a washerman, a milkman, and a watchman and makes them write a script, with the expectation of it being of extremely poor quality. He then replaces the original script with the fake script, intending to embarrass Rosesh and Maya in front of Ajinkya. As Maya and the rest read through the script they feel increasingly humiliated, but—much to everyone's surprise—Ajinkya has nothing but praise for the play. It is likely that Ajinkya is merely playing along and is afraid to disturb the status quo. Indravadan is disappointed by the failure of his ploy, but Maya is proud and even hires Indravadan's three writers to write a sequel to the play.

## Trivia

* Ajinkya plans to go to Rithik Art Gallery after the reading of the play.
* The writers of the "fake play" are named Kishanlal, Ram Bachan, and Paan Singh.

### Chess match

In a scene transition, Indravadan is seen playing chess against Sahil. Indravadan has the black pieces. He moves his knight from b8 to c6 resulting in the position `r2k2nr/1bpp2pp/ppn2p2/2b1p1Pq/7N/1P6/P1PPPP1P/RNBKQB1R w - - 0 1`. It looks like they put both players' kings and queens in incorrect positions when setting up the board.

## The play

### Cast

* Rosesh: Ramu, the household worker
* Maya: Shoba, the home owner
* Pritam: Ramu's father
* Vishal: Gardner
* Shreya: Milkwoman

### Dialogues

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> There is a restless kind of silence on stage. slowly, lights fade in. We see a beautiful south-Bombay flat. Shobha, the malkin is sitting, waiting for her servant Ramu. She sings: "My heart is beating / keeps on repeating / I'm waiting for you".
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> Ramu comes late.
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> Ramu: Good morning malkin.
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> Shobha: Why late, Ramu?
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> Ramu: Because Mallika Sharavat is very *maal* and item. I was doing *istree* to her blouse.
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> Shobha: Ramu, do full-time job here and you will become rich soon… because I live with three men: watchman, *dhobi*, and municipality peon.
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> Malkin takes Ramu to the kitchen and says…
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> Shobha: Ramu, clean the kitchen floor and cook rotis *rumali*, then I will give you a kissi like I gave to the *maali*.
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> O malkin, O malkin!
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> I have got a pumpkin.
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> Cut it with your knife,
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> And I'll make you my wife
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> Maya's magic, Rosesh's rhythm, Jaimin's genius. This play is path-breaking.
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> Ajinkya, Ajinkya's preview of the play

## *Bedroom ka Badhshah Behram*

### Plot

Behram enters his bedroom to find his wife in his best friend's arms. Behram says "tune meri biwi ko jitni kiss ki hai na utne paise tujhe mujhe dena padenga" to which his friend replies "arrey baap re! phir to mujhe bank jana padega withdraw karne kyonki is wakt to mere paas sirf tees hazaar rupe hai".

### Dialogues

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> Behram: Maryam–Maryam ye kya? Tum mere best friend Firoz ki baahon mein kya kar rahi ho?
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> Maryam: Oh my god—ye Firoz hai? Mein to samjhi thi ki mein tumhari baahon mein hoon dear husband.
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> Behram: Kya? Tumhe pata tak nahi chala tum kiski baahon mein ho?
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> Maryam: Wo… andhere mein thik se nazar nahi aaya na darling.
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> Behram: Kya bakwaas karti ho? Abhi to subha ke das baje hue hai.
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> Maryam: Par mein to kal raat se iski baahon mein thi na.
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> Behram: Oh ye baat hai? I'm so sorry for the misunderstanding, darling Maryam.
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