After two successful showings last year, New England audience got another opportunity to watch the comedy master Paresh Rawal’s Kishen vs Kanahiya  at Reading High School Arts Center on April 3, 2011. A hilarious comedy with a unique message left all the audiences laughing.  While every dialogue made the audience laugh the play had a deep message beneath.  It is a story of an atheist’s fight with God which questions some of the extreme religious practices.

Kishen Lal is the only one to lose his pawn shop during an earthquake. He is not able to claim insurance because the incident is considered to be an ‘act of God’ and he is not covered.  Being a businessman he files a case against almighty and wants the God to pay for his damages. To his wits, Kishen Lal(Paresh Rawal) summons religious leaders and the insurance agent to the court. What ensues  is a thought provoking drama filled with comic dialogues to lighten the mood.

The play had thought provoking dialogues , such as, “Chamatkar kar sakta hoon isliye Krishna nahin hoon.  Krishna hoon  isliye chamatkar karta hoon”. At the same time Paresh Rawal  enthralled audience with quip retorts  like “ Inta maroonga ki Google wale bhi search nahi kar payenge.”

Along with the ever-versatile Paresh Rawal  was  his team of talented TV and stage artists including Jimit Trivedi, Chirag Vora, Ankit trivedi, Namrata Pathak, Puja Gupta, Pradeep Vengurlekar, Saunil Daru, Vaibhav Binivale, Kunal Ravrani and others.

Eshani Shah of Dhoom Entertainment made the  show possible in New England  region.

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