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Two typists in Connaught
Place, Delhi, grow old together while typing addresses on
postcards. Their window to the world is, literally, a
window that looks out into Connaught Place. They stand at
the window, disparage the world, and reassure themselves
that their lives carry more meaning than those of people
outside.
Over thirty years,
they manufacture games, re-enact the Mahabharat, try
their hand at poetry, stage a play of their own, and
pontificate on political matters. The play describes an
eight-hour working day in their lives - hence the title -
which coincides with the passage of thirty years.
Aath Ghante was inspired by Murray Schisgal's
Typists. . |
Ramesh Manchanda and Anurag Arora in "8 GHANTE"
Ramesh Manchanda in "8 GHANTE" |
