
‘Ab bas bhi karo yaar' bares school scams with humour
Opening with the morning prayer, the play quickly shifts focus to the rampant exploitation behind the closed doors of the staff room.
The cast included Arjun Dev Bharti as the facilitator, Aditya Mishra as Rajesh, Manoj Verma as Shukla Ji, Gurudat Pandey as Mishra Ji, Basant Mishra as Yadav Ji, Mukul Chauhan as Saxena Ji, Anil Kumar as the Principal, Vishal Shrivastava as Birju, Anshika Saxena as Sheela Ji, Nirupma Rahul as Shivani Ji, and Sandeep Dev as the DIOS.
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