"George Bernard Shaw said, ‘All I’m asking for is to have my own way in everything. Why should anyone argue with me?’" laughs actor Naseeruddin Shah, seated across us on a comfy sofa at his Bandra apartment. "Shaw would say the strangest things in the most rational manner," he adds, eyes lighting up at the mention of one of his favourite playwrights. Motley Theatre Group’s play, Dear Liar, an enactment of letters adapted from the correspondence between Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell, recreates their intriguing relationship.

Nasseruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah at their Bandra apartment. “The humour is sparkling. The characters keep coming out of character to narrate the story.  These lines were written in the early 20th century but the ideas seem avant-garde even today,” says Ratna Pathak-Shah. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi