Written by Javed Siddiqui and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan, the Hindi-Urdu play is part of a drive to raise funds for the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Kavre.

'A disproportionate number of Nepalis suffer from spinal cord injuries resulting from falls,' the centre says. 'Accidents occur with unreported regularity with individuals (particularly women and children) falling while collecting tree fodder or following livestock on cliffs and with porters slipping off precipitous trails.

'The spread of the road network in the country has resulted in a sharp increase in spinal trauma from highway accidents. Furthermore, with the surge of Nepalis working as migrant labourers abroad, cases of construction/industrial accidents resulting in SCI has also increased.'

The interaction with Indian celebrities continues even as Nepal remains embroiled in a language row, with the nation's first vice-president, Paramananda Jha, having been suspended by Supreme Court for having taken his oath of office and secrecy in Hindi.

The 65-year-old Jha, who says Hindi comes to him more spontaneously than Nepali, refused to save his post by being sworn in once again in Nepali, thereby creating a sharp rift between Nepal's Nepali-speaking elite hill community and the plains people living along the India-Nepal border, who use Hindi, along with other non-Nepali mother tongues.