Rahul da Cunha planning to write a film!

Ace playwright Rahul da Cunha is all set to turn his highly acclaimed play Pune Highway into a film
Rahul da Cunha, a successful adman, began his theatre career in 1984, before joining forces with Rajit Kapur and Shernaz Patel in 1993 to start a group called ‘Rage’ which completes 20 years soon. And he has also been writing his own plays since 2002, which include the highly acclaimed Class of 84 and Pune Highway.
And now, he is all set to go one step further, as he plans to write a film. Shares da Cunha, who was in Vadodara for the play Pune Highway, “I started writing plays because I felt it was high time that we had our own plays, which talk about ourselves. Writing your first play can be quite stressful, but it was hugely satisfying when Class of 84 did so well. Now that Pune Highway has traveled a lot all over the world and completed eight successful years, it really feels good. In many ways, it’s a reflection of our country today, where people have become a lot more ruthless and self-centered. It’s a lot about the selfishness of man. I have plans of turning this play into a film, and am trying to write an experimental screenplay.”
Ask him about English theatre in India and he says that we have come a long way from the times when it was considered something very elitist, “Things have changed for the better. In fact, compared to the audience we have for English movies today, English plays have a bigger audience in India and the younger generation feels these plays are relevant to them. It has happened because the language of English theatre has changed, and the characters speak in simple English. Besides, the audiences can relate to these characters.”