Journey with the multi-talented Shri Shekhar Sen’s musical mono-act protagonist, ‘Saahab,’ into the highways and by-lanes of an average human being’s mind and heart. You will find yourself saluting the creative sensitivity of this writer-actor-singer-director. Sen is able to make the agony and ecstasy of his “common man” find many echoes in your own inscape as well!

Shared in a chatty and, therefore, intimate style, Shekhar’s simple story of the ‘highs and lows’ peppering the life of a motherless boy from a small town grips your imagination as you go down nostalgia lane with this endearing character, through his teen traumas and youthful escapades. You will wince at his hurt and clap for his triumphs.

What takes your breath away is the showcasing of this simple narrative in an enchanting array of our treasury of musical genres – folk, ghazal, geet, qawwali, bhajan, kirtan, even khayal and tappa – each enhancing a twist in the tale and each sung by Shekhar with both feeling and finesse!

A thematic departure from his earlier trilogy of larger-than-life poet-saints and revolutionaries – Tulsi, Kabeer, and Vivekanand – Shekhar Sen’s Saahab is a statement of how artistic imagination can soar, seeking a fresh horizon, even as it unravels the ups and downs of a salt-of-the-earth, homespun hero.