India, June 25 -- In a red-bordered white-coloured saree, with a large maroon bindi adorning his forehead, Farhad Colabavala plays a demure ' Aunty Ji' for a while, then switches over to being a man, performing animated stunts, flirting with other males and even faking an orgasm. In the process, the actor challenges all notions of gender politics and cliches and drives home the point of the satirical play, Kasturba Panda ki Pantie . It was the summer of 2012 when the idea of presenting a solo show through theatre birthed in theatre actor and director Madhav Mehta's mind.

As the duo is set to re-present the play at Akshara Theatre, seven years after its first presentation, Madhav tells us why he kept it as a one-man show, who plays all th...