Gadha Ya Aadmi - Ek Prahasan (Puppetry Performance): Gombemane Puppet House, Dharwad
A washer man does not have children, but his ass is both a servant and a son to him. Convinced by the argument of a scholarly Maulvi that it is possible to turn an ass into a man, the washer man surrenders the ass along with some money to the Maulvi. After six months the washer man goes with his wife to see the Maulvi with great hope. The Maulvi tells them that their son now has become a ``Qazi`` in the city of Varanasi. The washer man with his wife rushes to the city. Has the ass become a judge? How does the judge treat his parents? What kind of lesson do they learn from the man - ass or the ass - man?
The dramatized version of the story is performed with leather puppets.