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On a honey trail
Barry John's theatre company, Imago, put up a nine-day-long bilingual play festival called The Honey Trilogy in New Delhi this past week. Organised at the Kamani auditorium, the Trilogy dealt with major social themes. Each play ran for three consecutive days.
The first play, "It's All About Money Honey" deals with a Delhi boy who aspires to become an actor. Struggling against family opposition, he moves through the negative experiences of an exploitive acting school and to the highly competitive struggle in the Tinsel Town.
He rises in fame in Bollywood but disappears mysteriously one day. The quest for stardom fraught with all kinds of challenges and ordeals is what the play explores.
The story of the second play, "It's All About God Honey" revolves around people's responses towards the events that flared up in Gujarat in 2002.
The play is based on two interwoven stories wherein the protagonist Razia orphaned during a communal riot is rescued and raised by Alka, a journalist.
She grows to be a filmmaker, joins an extremist organisation that is later responsible for Alka's bankruptcy. The play looks upon religion's embroilment in politics and the mirage that is labelled, democracy. It also highlights the issue of global terrorism.
The third play, "It's All About Sex Honey", pertains to sexual politics present in the studios of a television company. Karan Singhania, the company's managing director, is burdened with a nymphomaniac wife and delinquent son and then has to face the dire consequences of appointing Nandini Ghosh, a television celebrity who revolutionises the company's policies and ends up having an extramarital affair with the director. The intricate plot climaxes with the scandal of Karan's arrest on charges of obscenity.
In a nutshell, the play answers the question as to whether television programming is guided by any ethical policies or not. John first put up this play during the National Festival of National School of Drama in January this year.
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