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Synopsis

Halla-Hal is an absurd fusion of two Devanagari words- Halla (noise) and Hal (solution). Together, they form a wordplay on Halahal, meaning poison. In Indian mythology, during the great churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan), gods and demons sought immortality but unearthed a deadly poison instead. It was Lord Shiva who contained it in his throat, earning the name Neelkantha. The title mirrors this paradox- that chaos and cure, noise and silence, often coexist. Much like the myth, our present-day reality churns between systems of power and the people who live under them. The “solutions” proposed by those in authority often bear the same absurdity as the word Halla-Hal itself- decisions made without our consent yet used to suppress dissent. This performance is born from that contradiction- a reflection of being both poisoned and awakened. It asks: How does one raise their voice when silenced? What does protest sound like when speech itself is policed? The powerless facing power, the individual questioning the mob, a mother confronting society. It is an act of asking the most dangerous and necessary question of all: Why is it wrong to question?

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