We enter Room 802 of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology at Bhavan’s campus, Andheri, and find actors Kalki Koechlin, Purab Kohli, Richa Chaddha and Cyrus Sahukar, sitting cross-legged on cardboard boxes and listening intently to Atul Kumar.

The acclaimed theatre director’s new play, Trivial Disasters, debuted last week in Bangalore. And here he is, storming across the makeshift stage and passionately telling his cast to engage with the audience.