playkishan vs kanhaiya directed byumesh shukla duration135 minutes castparesh rawal dharmendra gohil others language hindi rating 4 were living in kalyug the age where everything from terrorist attacks to honour killings to political scams are endured in the name of god after all why hold yourself responsible when its so much easier to blame an entity thats widely believed to be omnipresent while most people have faith in some cases exceeding blind faith in an almighty power a god there is a minute but significant section of nonbelievers the atheists the play kishan vs kanhaiya is a gripping story of one such sceptic gujarati businessman kishanlal mehta is a nastik whose antique store gets destroyed in an earthquake though he has insured his shop he is unable to claim the insurance money as it is damaged by a natural occurrence an act of god and not due to manmade causes astute heavily in debt and keen on retribution when a distraught kishan is told that praying to the almighty is his only option he files a case against god lord krishna in the court of law written by the 28yearold bhavesh mandalia the script is not just riveting humorous and out of the box it is intelligent too its not one of those mindless comedies that were so often used to watching on stage when kishan builds up his legal case against god true his thoughts and statements are bound to instigate all the bhakts of krishna but whether its mocking the malpractices of the so called sadhus and babas the illogical customs that we follow under the name of religion or the commercial moneymaking business that religion has become kishan does it with such rationality and logic that you cant help but smile the script leaves no loose ends that you can complain about you can call him the showstopper or the glue that binds all the characters paresh rawal as kishan is brilliance personified when hes on stage performing no matter how distracted you are he will demand your attention and get you hooked on to the scene whether its being sarcastic dramatic or comical he has proved with this play that hes master of all genres devoid of lacking in any aspect he is the backbone of kishan vs kanhaiya another noteworthy performance was that of dharmendra gohil as the newage krishna a warning for some of you if you are religious and want to watch the show do so with an open mind and judge the play for what it really is that is a witty humorous thoughtprovoking drama dont take it too seriously in no way is it intended to hurt religious sentiments or beliefs its one of those rare wellwritten and neatlyexecuted plays a piece of work that theatrelovers will be proud of so do watch it after all shows like kishan vs kanhaiya come once in a blue moon