It was inspired after the playwright overheard the conversation amongst the members of amateur theatre group traveling on Mumbai local train to perform a mock-trial at Vile Parle suburb.
[2] The play was based on a 1956 novel, Die Panne (Traps) by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
The play had his wife Sudha Shivpuri in the lead role and is regarded as a key milestone in the history of Indian Theatre.
An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged and a mock trial is staged to make the novice understand court procedures.
[8] This was Vijay Tendulkar's first screenplay, who went on to write films like Nishant, Aakrosh, Ardh Satya and Umbartha.