Actor Amitosh Nagpal, whom you may recognise from films, Dabangg and Rangrez, has adapted the popular satirical play, Inspector General by Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Titled Smart City, it's is a musical adaptation and opens in a small town of Haryana. "When reading Gogol's work, which is set in Russia in the 1850s, I realised that not much is different from what newspapers report in today's India, with corruption almost everywhere," shares Nagpal, who answers our phone call between rehearsals.

(From left) Abhay Joshi, Paritosh Sand, RJ Mantra, Yashpal Sharma and Jeetu Shastri in a scene from Smart City