New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Director Faezeh Jalali's rehearsal room is no ordinary one. At a studio in Mumbai's Aram Nagar II, an ensemble cast has come together for the play,Runaway Brides. There's a mandap in the centre and a wedding in the offing. The couple looks stressed, the relatives look stressed. The grandmother is in love with the pandit. The pandit does not care about who is getting married. He just wants the ordeal to be over.

A closer look reveals that the couple hails from different religions and different parts of the country. The guests are competitive, and soon break out into a rap about names. There's a lot of situational comedy. There's also a lot of physicality. People are falling over, things are flying, farts are played u...