Dohri Zindagi

A queer love story set in rural Rajasthan.

When two greedy businessmen from Marwad, Rajasthan find out their wives are pregnant, they promise them in marriage to each other even before the babies are born. As luck would have it, both have girls! But one businessman lies to the other and says he has had a boy. The girl is raised as a boy and after 16 years, married off to the other girl. On the wedding night when the bride finds out all hell breaks loose. What happens next is the story of “Dohri Zindagi”. The journey so far.. Based on a short story by Padmashri Vijaydaan Detha, Dohri Zindagi was granted the Gender Bender grant by Sandbox Collective, The ladies finger and Goethe Institute Bangalore in 2016. This play has had a glorious run of over 60 shows with over twenty festival shows in the last nine years and has been critically acclaimed as well.

Based on a short story "Dohri Zindagi" by Padmashri Vijaydaan Detha "Bijji"- the play was adapted and devised by Neha Singh, Bhumika Dube and Hiimani Pant.
Directed and Light designer- Gurleen Judge.
Produced by Rahi Theatre.
Current cast- Neha Singh, Bharati Perwani, Piyush Kumar.
Crew- Dipesh Rohilla, Kajal Singh and Shimlli Basu.