The play celebrates the power of dreams with a long running hit formula of 1960s

Manch theatre, or Manchurians as they like to call themselves, made a theatrical attempt to reverberate their voices through an original play Goonj, regarding the apathy that specially abled people face in the society. Written by Ashish and directed by Shashank, the play had all the right intentions at heart and to some extent was able to bring that out that as well.

The play is about a mute girl Sonali, played by Shrishti, who dreams of becoming an actress. The play starts with Sonali expressing her thoughts through a dance and song which culminates into her father, played by Chetan, assuring her that he will do anything to get her an audition. The play then introduces a number of characters who put down Sonali but she powers through and gets an audition only to be turned down by the director himself. But then the actor of the movie Karan, played by Amit, reveals that he too had a speech impediment in the past but he proved his mettle regardless. He convinces the director to give Sonali a chance and she hits it out of the park with her performance to secure the role.

The play does take a unique stance and situation and could have been yet another feather in the cap of Manch, but unfortunately failed on many accounts. The dialogues were too