Rafta, Rafta...

Rafta, Rafta...

"Rafta, Rafta..." is a comedy by the British Asian playwright Ayub Khan-Din. It is based on "All in Good Time", a 1963 play by Bill Naughton. Set in the working-class English town of Bolton, the play tells the story of marital difficulties within an immigrant Indian family. Eeshwar Dutt is a first-generation immigrant and patriarch of the family. He has a troubled relationship with his newly-wed son Atul, whose married life with Vina Patel has got off to a rocky start. The play deals with setting out and resolving these various conflicts.

"Rafta, Rafta..." opened at the National Theatre, Lyttelton in April 2007. Nicholas Hytner directed the inaugural production. Harish Patel played the central role of Eeshwar Dutt, with Meera Syal in the role of his sharp-tongued wife Lopa. The play had a successful run, receiving acclaim from both critics and theatre-goers.

The play opened Off-Broadway at The New Group at Theatre Row on May 8, 2008.

Crew

* Director: Nicholas Hytner
* Designer: Tim Hatley
* Lighting Designer: Hugh Vanstone
* Music: Niraj Chag
* Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis

Cast

* Etash Tailor : Arsher Ali
* Jai Dutt : Rudi Dharmalingam
* Laxman Patel : Kriss Dosanjh
* Vina Patel : Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi
* Molly Bhatt : Natalie Grady
* Atul Dutt : Ronny Jhutti
* Lata Patel : Shaheen Khan
* Jivaj Bhatt : Simon Nagra
* Eeshwar Dutt : Harish Patel
* Lopa Dutt : Meera Syalwith
* Kal Aise
* Pooja Ghai
* Shiv Grewal
* Pooja Shah
* Musician : Japjit Kaur
* Musician : Sudeep Rao
* Musician : Manjeet Rasiya

Off Broadway

An Off Broadway production of Rafta Rafta opened in New York on May 8, 2008 at the Acorn Theater to good reviews. [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/theater/reviews/09raft.html?pagewanted=2&ref=arts Rafta Rafta - Review - Theater - New York Times ] ] The cast includes Ranjit Chowdhury (Eeshwar Dutt), Manish Dayal (Atul Dutt), Sakina Jaffrey (Lopa Dutt, and Reshma Shetty (Vina Patel).

Film adaptation

Ayub Khan-Din is adapting the play into a film script. It will be produced by Left Bank Pictures and distributed by Optimum Releasing. [cite news|first= Adam|last= Dawtrey|title= Optimum to remake 'Brighton Rock'|url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985727.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|work= Variety (magazine)|date= 2008-05-15|accessdate= 2008-05-24]

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