Salaam Noni Appa
Directed By: Lillette Dubey
Cast: Lillette Dubey, Yateen Karyekar, Jayati Bhatia, Rishi Khurana, Gillian Pinto
Synopsis: Salaam, Noni Appa is a delightful story about life’s wonderful unexpectedness; where new adventures and experiences await us at every turn, provided we have the courage to spot them. It is a tale of discovering love in the autumn of life, and finally, of being true to ourselves.
Noni Appa, an elderly widow, and her sister Binni, opposites in nature, are two sisters whose worlds after marriage, children and widowhood, merge once again. They laugh, bicker, fight and love, and spend their days in a familiar and comfortable – albeit staid – manner, till one day Noni Appa, who has always lived in step with society, suddenly finds herself falling in love with a younger married man. She finds herself torn between choosing companionship over respectability.
Salaam, Noni Appa is about breaking stereotypes, taking chances, and rediscovering what makes life truly meaningful and worth living.
TWINKLE KHANNA is an Indian interior designer, newspaper columnist, film producer, author and former film actress. Her first book, Mrs. Funnybones, sold over one hundred thousand copies, making her India’s highest selling female writer in 2015. Twinkle won the Crossword Book Award 2016 for this effort and was the 2017 India Today Woman Writer of the year.
LILLETE DUBEY needs no introduction to our members. She is a renowned Indian film, television and theatre actor and theatre director. She has brought to Ludhiana many of her signature programmes, including Dance Like A Man, Sammy! The incredible story of Mahatma Gandhi, Wedding Album, Adhe Adhure, August Osage County, Boiled Beans on Toast, Gauhar, etc… has won several BEST ACTRESS awards for her plays & films including for ADHE ADHURE ( META 2013), She has played the lead in over a dozen TV series & has nearly 50 feature films to her credit. Some of her Hindi film hits include the very popular KAL HO NAA HO, which starred Shah Rukhkhan, Preity Zinta, & Saif Ali Khan BAGHBAN alongside Amitabh Bacchan and Salman Khan, ZUBEIDA with Karishma Kapoor & Rekha, GADDAR with Sunny Deol, HOUSEFULL with Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, CHASHME BADHOOR with Rishi Kapoor, MY BROTHER NIKHIL with Juhi Chawla & many more
YATIN KARYEKAR : Best known for playing mostly supporting roles in the Hindi film & TV industry, Yatin Kareykar is a veteran actor who started his career with Katha (1983). He subsequently featured in several popular Hindi films including Holi (1985), Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), Hey Ram (2000), Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Iqbal (2005), The Hangman (2005), Kalyug (2005), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Wedding Anniversary (2017) and Downup the Exit 796 (2018). Apart from films, Yatin also made his debut on the small screen with the hit TV series, Byomkesh Bakshi (1993). But it was the popular drama Shanti (1994) that eventually made Yatin a household name. While he played Kamesh Mahadevan, Mandira Bedi played the titular character, Shanti. He also portrayed Aurangzeb in the hit Marathi historical TV drama, Raja Shivchhatrapati (2008-2009).
Yatin’s other popular television appearances include Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004), Crime Patrol (2010), and Saraswatichandra (2013). Yatin has also acted in many Marathi movies like Sarkarnama (1998), Aaila Re!! (2006), Gandha (2009), Tukaram (2012), Vitti Dandu (2014), Dagadi Chaawl (2015), Anaan (2017), and Tula Pan Bashing Bhandhaychay (2018).
JAYATI BHATIA a dancer and a versatile actor both on stage and television. He trained under the eminent theatre Guru Ebrahim Alkazi in Delhi. Her theatre experience includes playing the lead in plays like ‘A streetcar named Desire’ ‘Death of a Salesman’,’Wada Chirebandi’ ‘Desire under the Elms’, ‘Going Solo’,’Vagina Monologues’ ,’Mahatma v/s Gandhi ,’Mad about Money’ , ‘Blame it on Yashraj …
She has also worked on International Projects with the Siwela Songke dance company where she played the lead in the dance theatre production of “Siddhartha” by Herman Hesse.
Jayati Bhatia has also travelled all over Europe for performances of Odissi in the 90’s.
The Primetime Theatre Company was set up in March 1991 with the twin objectives of providing a platform for original Indian writing in English and travelling with its work across India and abroad to showcase indigenous work in different cultures. In 27 years, the Prime Time Theatre Company has completed over 3000 shows across the world with productions that have often been landmarks. The Company aims always, to choose writing of a high quality that is uniquely Indian in voice but which, at the same time has the capacity to transcend its cultural context and appeal to audiences the world over. It has produced 34 plays so far.
