Guru of Chai

In Guru of Chai the contradictions of modern India with its iPhones and ancient gods will come alive in an outrageously funny and heartbreakingly beautiful production. A poor chai-wallah has his life changed forever when a young girl is abandoned at a busy railway station and brings the place to a standstill with the beauty of her singing.

Guru Jacob Rajan is a buck-toothed chameleon, channeling 17 characters and leaping to multiple locations, delivering a serpentine romantic thriller while dispensing dubious spiritual wisdom. He is by turns charming, loathsome and absurdly profound. Laughter, heartbreak and enlightenment abound—with an impressive live soundtrack provided by his mute side-kick, Dave played by Adam Ogle.