![]() ![]() But in this play, the two protagonists - played by Lohokare and Gokhale - who should share the chemistry that two people stuck together in a difficult situation do, did not. Kenkre's plays that came before this have never failed to amaze and a big part of it, along with the thrilling storyline, has been the charm that the actors brought to each play: Girish Oak, Aniket Vishwasrao, Priya Marathe, Shrikant Bhide, Shweta Pendse shone as their characters, embodying them so completely, you couldn't imagine anyone else playing those parts. ![]() YOU MUST DIE checked all those boxes, and yet, some amount of predictability seeped into a couple of the performances. In short, these plays end up being an odd mixture of noir films from retro Bollywood and gothic romances. More peripheral aspects of a Kenkre play that are immensely enjoyable are all the free cussing, a minibar that is always part of the box set of the house, characters smoking on-stage, and the operatic 70s-style musical score. A PERFECT MURDER, MAHARATHI, 38 KRUSHNA VILLA, all excellent plays, will serve to illustrate the point. There's passion, plotting, twists and turns until the very end. Two or three windows and doors lead to offstage rooms, creating the perception of extended space to ease up the stifling atmosphere. The action usually takes place indoors - in a single room even - and there's a sense of suffocation because of it that adds to the mystery. His characters have a certain old-school poshness, like what the Marathi kakus and kakas from Dadar and Mahim would have been like when they were in their 20s. Developing a recognisable style is what auteurs do. It is usually a whodunit adapted from a novel or another play. You can tell when you are watching a Vijay Kenkre thriller, even if you had no idea that he directed it. What follows is a whodunit with each family member bringing new information to the fore as they are introduced to the detectives and to the audience. Soon the police arrive - the inspector played by crowd favourite Sandesh Jadhav along with the sub-inspector. ![]() Mahesh decides to help Malti escape punishment. Malti (Sharvari Lohokare), the wife of the murdered man Anurag Pathare, claims she has committed the crime. YOU MUST DIE, directed by Vijay Kenkre and adapted to stage by Neeraj Shirvaikar from Agatha Christie's play THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, is the story of Mahesh Mane (Saurabh Gokhale), a man who chances upon a murder in a house he has come to, seeking help with his car on a foggy night in Khandala. ![]()
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