New Delhi: On a particularly warm Saturday, 28 September, actor Amol Parashar performed a 75-minute solo show about sex, shame, and intimacy at Delhi’s Stein Auditorium. Written and directed by Vijay Ashok Sharma, the performance — Besharam Aadmi — was part of The Habitat’s 10-day theatre festival that began on 19 September. The Delhi audience braved dandiya crowds and weekend traffic to reach the sold-out show, which ended with a standing ovation.

“The idea came from a very personal experience four years ago, a few months after my own marriage, and I had decided to write something on it. It eventually evolved into two separate solo shows,” said Sharma, who grew up in Guwahati. One, ‘Papa Painter’, is performed by Sharma, while Parashar took on ‘Besharam Aadmi’.

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