Written & Directed By: Bharat Dabholkar Presented By: Paritosh Painter (Ideas The Entertainment Company) Produced By: Sejal Painter

CARRY ON SPYING

Don't Take Panga with Indians!!!

A Laugh-a-Minute Farce Set Somewhere Suspicious Somewhere far, far away... behind the Iron Curtain... in an Asian country so unnamed, even Google Maps is confused, sits the proud Indian Embassy - and smack in the middle of it all is Pyare Mohan Dixit, the clueless, overconfident, and colossally underqualified son of the Indian Ambassador. When daddy dearest has to step out for "important diplomatic work", he leaves the embassy in Pyare's butterfingers. What could possibly go wrong?  

Answer: EVERYTHING.

Enter the Patels - your typical Gujarati tourist family with an unhealthy enthusiasm for photo ops and free breakfast buffets. Led by Sanatbhai Patel, a well- meaning but monumentally meddlesome man who owns a Catering Company in South Mumbai, the Patels are on the run after accidentally snapping selfies in a top-secret missile-testing zone. The local communist government, suspicious of anyone who doesn't wear green, now thinks the Patels are international spies. As the embassy gets surrounded, Pyare Mohan attempts to handle the crisis - and instead causes an international incident, a mild hostage situation, and possibly a new Cold War. Meanwhile, Sanatbhai is busy insulting VIP guests like Sultan Sheikh Dust Bin Tughlak - a flamboyant, easily offended oil tycoon with a turban larger than his ego. Amidst the chaos, Twinkle, the Patels' opinionated and independent daughter, starts melting Pyare's clueless heart, despite being engaged to a banker named Hardik (who we thankfully never meet).

Just when things can't get more absurd, Pyare's power- hungry assistant Madhavi Pradhan hijacks the situation, becomes acting ambassador, and somehow solves everything - by arranging a spy-for-spy prisoner exchange with India. But wait! The spy in Tihar Jail has inconveniently died (possibly from watching this plot unfold), and now the local police chief, Yha Yha Abdul Jallad - half cop, half James Bond villain - is baying

for Gujarati blood.

Outside the embassy: Riots.

Inside: Twinkle kisses Pyare.

Sanatbhai's reaction: double heart attack with a side of khakra.

The only hope now? A top-secret escape plan during a party thrown in the Sultan's honor. Helping them escape is Chinna Lingam - the embassy's resident cook-turned-magician-turned-accidental-refugee, who's been living in a cupboard for six years, perfecting card tricks and dodging deportation.

But wait, there's more!

Sanatbhai is handed a gun... and accidentally shoots Madhavi.

The Sultan turns up still drunk from the night before. And the escape? Goes hilariously sideways.

Cue disguises, mistaken identities, a LOT of hiding in bathroom cabinets, and a final diplomatic "solution": Pyare marries Twinkle on the spot, giving her instant immunity and turning their getaway into an international honeymoon.

A madcap comedy of errors, misunderstandings, and mango pickle-level diplomacy, this play is a rollercoaster of mistaken identities, political potboiling, Gujarati gags, and love in the time of communism. Featuring one-liners, wild wigs, dhol beats, and dance breaks, CARRY ON SPYING - Don't Tak Panga with Indians!! is your passport to non-stop laughter!