BELLE CURV

Written by Chetan Shah, Belle Curv is an unusual and humorous take on the history of the infamous match fixing and betting scandal in cricket. Filled with Chetan Shah style of romance and classy humor, there is never a dull moment in the play.

The script could be the only one written on the subject and it deals with a fictitious Don – the kingpin of the betting racket, his pretty moll and a young software expert who has developed a program that projects the outcome of the games based on the inputs from the game in progress.

The Don hears of the software and summons the young software expert. It is now that the he meets the Don’s moll, is smitten and a secret romance begins. The moll eventually conceives a baby but whose baby is it – the Don’s or the young man’s? The romance is interjected by the Don’s monologues on the fixing history, explaining what actually happened in the course of history without involving or naming anyone.

Years later, a committee is set up to enquire about the legitimacy of the match fixing claims and to determine if betting on matches still happens. This is where the software specialist and the moll, now middle aged, meet years later.

What happens to them? What has happened to the Don?

The entire narrative is complimented by relevant audio-visuals from cricket games and incidents.

The play runs for 1 hour and 10 minutes and was first performed in 2018 at the Museum Theatre, Chennai to a packed auditorium.