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She
resembles to one of those crazy characters of MAD. And he is a simple
man; a man-next-door types. Quite an odd couple, you know. However,
they live a happy married life; since almost 12 years. When they interact,
they become a laughing stock for the people around them. Same for the
audience of this play.
Aashish Mehta is an architect, who is genuinely in love with
his wife Dimple. So much so that he has never tried to even look
at other girls. Not even his cute secretary Roma. However, Dimple is
always suspicious about Aashish. She thinks that Aashish freely flirts
with his secretary in his office. She talks about this to her confidante
Sudha, who is her neighbour. Sudha is a dumb woman and doesn't bother
much about her husband Kumar's flirtatious nature.
Dimple is so insecure about Aashish that she doesn't allow her husband
to wear jeans and T-shirts. She compels him to wear old Safari suit.
Forget about this one vice of Dimple, and she is a perfect housewife.
She loves her husband, looks after all his needs, takes care of their
10 year old son. Aashish thinks that Dimple's suspicious nature is actually
a proof of her passionate love. Poor man.
A day-dreamer, Dimple sometimes think that Aashish must be dancing on
Nagin tune with his secretary, while she is waiting for him at home.
She wouldn't even allow Aashish to interact with their maid Lalita.
And something happens. That turns Dimple's life upside down. She comes
to know from a family friend-cum-pathologist Doctor Mankad that she
has a blood cancer. She realises that god has paid her back for her
suspicious nature. She takes a promise from the Doctor, who had once
in college-time proposed her, that this fact should remain a secret
between them. Then she starts working towards making Aashish's and her
son's life easy. As both of them are dependent on her. She thinks about
an alternative arrangement.
The name of that arrangement is Roma, Aashish's secretary. Dimple anyhow
convinces her to get married to her husband. Roma hesitantly agrees.
But she has an important question : How to convince Aashish? Dimple
has a mad answer to that. She traps her husband for his own good. Or
atleast she thinks so.
One night, as part of her crazy plan, Dimple calls Roma home. And she
runs away after giving Aashish a cup full of Brandi. Aashish loses his
senses and the chaotic situations start. He doesn't want Roma to stay
at home when his wife is not around. So he calls Sudha, his neighbour
and Lalita to stay in the house overnight. Unfortunately, he is misunderstood
by both of them.
Next morning, Dimple accuses him of being adulterous. Aashish defends
himself but all in vain. Lalita and Sudha also think that Aashish has
done wrong. He is trapped. Dimple asks him to confess his adultery and
get married to Roma. Finally, Roma gives a fake love-letter, which informs
Aashish that Dimple has blood cancer. Aashish agrees with Dimple to
get married to Roma as he wants his wife to be happy in her last days.
Full of twists and turns, the story takes new turn. When Dimple comes
to know that Doctor Mankad had made a mistake and her report was wrong,
she wants to stop her husband's marriage with Roma immediately. Again,
her day-dreaming stops her doing that because she sees a dream of Aashish
having a cardiac arrest because of her selfish attitude. And Dimple
realises the meaning of that famous saying : One who digs, falls in
it.
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