Me, Mum and Meena Kumari is a powerful play about the challenges of being a carer – and trying to be true to yourself.
It’s based on a true story by lead actor Akbar Kurtha so we can guess that the more melodramatic aspects are lifted from life.
I’m doubtless reaching for the word ‘melodramatic’ as a way of justifying my own emotional reactions to this engrossing play. I found myself blinking back the tears and smiling broadly several times. The Bollywood breaks and the allusions to Dallas encourage us to consider how close our lives are to being fiction: we’re all of us struggling to be the authors and players of ourselves.
Love places terrible burdens on us, but sometimes we have to give into the madness.
Me, Mum and Meena Kumari was written by Samina Baig, based on a true story by Akbar Kurtha. Directed by Emma Harding.
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