The F Word

Chetan, a high school teacher, is forced to meet up with his estranged sister Unnati, a psychologist, when their parents` caretaker gives them disturbing news. They take their father out to lunch to his favourite restaurant, hoping to get a clearer picture of the situation. It has been years since they`ve had a serious conversation, so a hilarious attempt follows, which opens up a can of worms, and all the family secrets that have been brushed under that carpet rear their ugly head. As their father confronts the indignities of age, and Chetan and Unnati grapple with their own losses and disappointments, the play takes a darkly comic but poignant look at the relationships we take for granted, and how we often hurt the people we love the most.

Akash Khurana as Kamal

Malaika Choudhury as Unnati

Siddharth Kumar as Chetan

Garima Yajnik as Farah

Written and directed by Akarsh Khurana

Produced by Saatvika Kantamneni

Set Design by Tiya Tejpal

Costume Design by Pallavi Patel

Light Design by Akarsh Khurana

Sound Design by Varrunn Bangera

Originally produced for Aadyam Theatre, an Aditya Birla Group Initiative

About Akvarious Productions:

In the last 24 years, Akvarious Productions (Bombay, India) has staged over 80 plays covering a wide range of genres and languages, of which seven have been nominated for the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards and two have won the prestigious award for Best Play. Akvarious has performed over 1500 shows across 30 cities, in India and abroad, and has produced ten plays for children.