plot adapted from master playwright and padma bhushan awardee vijay tendulkars panchi aise aate hain flock flock tick tock is a story of a middle class family thats finding it difficult to get their daughter married despite best attempts by the parents anna and maa saraswati saru the daughter is rejected by every suitor one day a stranger named arun who claims to be an acquaintance of the family comes to visit them and manages to charm the parents both anna and maa slowly open up about the problem to arun and he assures them that he will talk to saru arun then takes saru into confidence asks her to be oblivious of others opinion and talks her into believing that she is an attractive woman when the next suitor comes to see saru he falls for her but now saru reveals that she is in love with someone elsereview director varun gyanchandani tweaked the narrative style of the original a little to present this adaptation for instance by making the characters do a backward circular run in the first scene he apprised the audience that the narrative of the play will play out in flashback and it worked in the plays favourthe thoughtful execution of the two scenes when arun converses with saru in the garden added novelty to the narrative style by using the backstage staff as shrubs and flowering plants varun employed the garden as a character in the scenes the same goes with his decision to employ two backstage actors dressed as a tree and bird to symbolise the feelings of arun and saru art directionwise the primary set of the living room where most of the drama unfolded was designed keeping in mind the ethos of a maharashtrian household and reflected the sociopolitical era in which the story is set the portraits of bal gandadhar tilak bhagat singh and the quintessential photo frames of hindu gods and goddesses not only established the households religious and political views but also threw light on the characters backgrounds the furniture however was a tad too urban for the setting and didnt gel wellin the acting department jayanth nandagiri as the protagonist arun and the sutradhar did an okay job much like in the original he stuck to his business of guiding the flow of the narrative at times though he went a little overboard in trying to establish the sympathetic nature of the character and goofed up a bit in character blockingjayanth was well aided by rajiv kumar upasana a and sanjay singh who played the frustrated anna a typical loving maa and the despicable brother banda respectively while rajiv was in his character throughout tickling the funny bones of the audience with his acute comic timing upasana seemed monotonous unable to come out of the characters she has essayed in the past sanjays character had all the elements to garner laughter and he didnt disappointsurabhi sharma was successful in maintaining the meek demeanour of her