Did they whoop like Fearless Nadia or toss off an insouciant Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron as the made the jailbreak? That’s left to our giggling imagination.

Illustration/Uday Mohite

If Ram Leela performances indicate times to come we might just be on the brink of a new era: an era of side character energy.

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This year, during Haridwar jail’s annual Ram Lila performance, two inmates, Rajkumar and Pankaj, playing members of the vanar sena, escaped while acting like they were searching for Sita.

Did they whoop like Fearless Nadia or toss off an insouciant Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron as the made the jailbreak? That’s left to our giggling imagination.

This is in rambunctious contrast to Ram Leela developments in Agra circa 2010. That year, Raju, the actor playing Ravan enjoyed the limelight so much that he refused to die on cue. When people attempted........

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