The natak fringe productions will remain just that - fringe!
It is a Dravidian theater for the lower classes, paralleling the professional natak companies for the rich.
Despite some telling moments (as when the king agonises over his impotence), the play remained costume spectacle, the actors trapped in old world natak stylistics.
Street kids from Badte Kadam and Chetna gave a memorable performance with a ‘nukkad natak’, folk dances, ghazals and film songs.
He did that to make his nukkad natak more stimulating; also to get his actors to give more rounded performances.