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The roles they had reserved for the first years were already filled, so they asked

me to audition for the role “Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky” the next day. Once
I was done with my audition was when I discovered I had auditioned for the

lead role and to my own surprise, I landed the role. This was specially

surprising because I am the kind of person who was made fun of for being

expressionless and for having a robotic body language.
But that play, it gave me a chance to improve

myself. In those 4 months of practice and

interaction with the seniors, I didn’t just

make friends, I got a family. Sadly, due to the
infamous outbreak of the corona virus just

a week before the day of the play, we

couldn’t stage it. Even though I was
robbed of the joy of having performed it,

I will always cherish the time I spent there.

Two years later, with the help of Dr. Shanthi Simon ma’am

and the secretaries of club that academic year, Rahul A.P
and Melvino Roshan, I had the opportunity to recast and

direct the play for Curioso 2022. I feel immensely special

that I got the best cast and crew I could ever ask for. We

staged the play “Fools 2.0 of Kulyenchikov” successfully and I even got the
chance to invite my old directors onstage and thank them. The play and the

role I played; “Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky” has become a significant

milestone in my life. Therefore, I hope that in the forthcoming years, the play
will bring everyone a part of the same joy I was privileged to experience

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