What venue to pick? How many guests to call? Which saree to wear? What rituals to follow? If you think about it, hosting a wedding reception can be an organisational nightmare that gives people sleepless nights. Tensions run high. Emotions get frayed. Logic gets tossed out of the window. And the lead-up to what is essentially a happy occasion becomes a constant round of tu-tu-main-main between the parents and the child who's tying the knot.

That's the sort of scenario that the plot for a new Hindi play explores. It's called Hamari Neeta ki Shaadi, and the storyline is set over a few hours on the day of the protagonist's haldi ceremony. Neeta, played by Preeta Mathur Thakur, is a headstrong Mumbaikar who's been brought up to think for herself. She has opinions. She minces no words. She'd rather be dead than demure. And God help those who get on the wrong side of her because she'll tear them to pieces before you can say, "Sorry mam, galti ho gayi."