MAMI 2023, IFFK 2023: Anand Ekarshi’s ‘Aattam’ is a superb ’emotional procedural’ about truth and lies and the grey shades in between

The story begins in an unfinished building. The architect is told that she is slow, but she replies that the family can move in by Christmas. She quickly takes her leave and gets into a van filled with men, and we realise that – apart from being an architect – she is also an actor. Or put differently, she has two faces. Another actor is also a chef. Another actor is also a plumber. They all have two faces, so to speak, and the play they are in is also about faces: it is Girish Karnad’s . The director, Anand Ekarshi, takes a bit of time to get to the actual play – and this passage (beautifully written, and beautifully edited by Mahesh Bhuvanend) gives us a glimpse of the people involved. Someone says a purse is missing. An actor says he is going to declare his love for the sole female actor in the group, the architect. A selfie is taken. The rows outside fill up with the audience.

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