desai told stoi on the sidelines of the show the finances for the public project were sourced from the public itself by way of promissory notes ranging from 10000 to 10 lakh the project which has been produced at a cost of 175 crore incurs recurring costs of over 12 lakh per show the script for the drama which has prerecorded voices replacing live dialogues has been written by narayan desai who took almost two years to complete the task he researched 1500 books on the life of lord krishna to render the script as authentic as possible the play directed by dilip desai depicts all important events in the life of lord krishna days preceding his birth the saga surrounding his birth putana vadh kansa vadh dwaraka nirman rukmini haran draupadi vastraharan the mahabharat war the gitopadesha and culminating with lord krishnas mahanirvan the success of the mega play lies in it being one of the fastest moving theatrical presentations before you even start thinking of whats happening on one level something else is already happening at some other level on the stage it captivates the viewers senses and mesmerizes him desai says off stage the production team shares an intimate bond we have 30 families both parents and their children among the 180member cast staying together for the last eight years desai says so what next desai plans to have a hindi version of the play by october followed by a gujarati adaptation if he so wishes i would love to present the first show in hindi in vrindavan vrindavan near mathura is believed to be the place where krishna spent his childhood days besides the mythological significance of the holy place desai wants to prove a point by staging a show in vrindavan while raising funds for producing the play i encountered a prospective financer from the hindi belt who offered to totally fund the project we rejected his offer as we wanted to have this as a peoples project involving public funds secondly he suggested that we rope in professional dance troupes from vrindavan for our play as those nrutya tolis as they are known there are renowned for their magnificent dance performances desai recounts but he adds when i invited this person to one of our shows in goa as the chief guest he was so impressed by the superlative performance of our goan dancers that he remarked that our dancers were on par with the vrindanan dance troupes and suggested that we take this play to vrindavan and mind you all the dancers in our play are amateurs by staging this play in vrindavan i wish to showcase goan talent in the land of the raas leela to prove that goa is a goldmine of artistes desai says we agree