Rahasiya Snehidiye
The Ideal
Written by
Mani Ram
Directed by
Sathish Sattanathan
August 22-29, 2026
Saratoga Civic Theater
13777 Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga
Brahma is the new superstar of the literary world, a writer who prides himself on knowing the "pulse of the people."
Known for his biting political satire, he has never tried his hand at romance. Until, he finally decides to write a love story.
As the story develops, the lines between fiction and reality blur. His ego gets in the way of his storytelling. Brahma - the creator - slowly begins to destroy his creation while his inner voice tries to stop him from sabotaging his own work.
Rahasiya Snehidiye / The Ideal is an exploration of the ethics of creation and a reminder that even for a "Brahma" the heart can be an unstoppable force.
The play will be staged in Tamil as Rahasiya Snehediye and in English as The Ideal.
Rahasiya Snehidiye has been adapted and translated to English by Rohini Sattanathan.
English & Tamil | Ages 12+ | 120 min + intermission
Language - Separate shows in English and Tamil.
Age advisory - 12+ The play is not written for children. Children of all ages must be able to sit quietly in the theatre.
Run time - 120 mins + 15 min intermission
The Cast of Rahasiya Snehidiye
Bala Kannan, KV Ananth, Manasvee Muralikumar, Pawan Kumar Suresh, Kartic Bhargav, Saumya Anand, Vijay Kumar, Ram Rajagopalan, Deepa Soundararajan
Bala Kannan as BRAHMA
KV Ananth as ANANDAN
Manasvee Muralikumar as KAVYA
Pawan Kumar Suresh as KADHIR
Kartic Bhargav as ARUMUGAM
Saumya Anand as MEENAKSHI
Vijay Kumar as DAMODARAN
Ram Rajagopalan as BADRI
Deepa Soundararajan as KAMALA
The Cast of The Ideal
Puneet Anand, Prasanna Ravi, Varunika Raja, Manoj Murali, Neha Anderson, Arti Raina Bambroo, Shekhar Sakhalkar, Arunkumar Senthilnathan, Ramya Ramesh
Puneet Anand as BRAHMA
Prasanna Ravi as ANAND
Varunika Raja as KAVYA
Manoj Murali as KARAN
Neha Anderson as ARYA
Arti Raina Bambroo as MEENA
Shekhar Sakhalkar as DAMODAR
Arunkumar Senthilnathan as MADHAV
Ramya Ramesh as MITALI
Director
Sathish Sattanathan is a theater enthusiast keenly interested in all aspects of theater. He has acted in many Tamil and English plays with prominent Bay Area theater groups. He debuted with BADCo as Mohan Hattangadi in Girish Karnad’s Wedding Album. RSTI is his fourth time directing for BADCo after Aurangzeb, The Cherry Orchard and Our Stories (Tamil).
Production Team
| Producer | Ram Rajagopalan, Vaishnavi Sridhar |
| Stage Manager | Aishu Ramamurthi |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Revathy Narasimhan |
| Sets | Anuraag Bharadwaj, Sathish Sattanathan, Sriram Palapudi, Mahesh Venugopala |
| Lights | Raven Manalo (designer) |
| Costumes | Deepa Sankaran, Indu Rangamani |
| Makeup | Karthik Ramachandran, Sarika Oak, Lakshmi Venkat, Nitya Kansal |
| Sound booth | GK |
| Casting | Vaishnavi Sridhar |
| Marketing | Rita Bhatia |
| Ticketing | Sathish Shenoy |
| Photography | Pranav Koundinya, Viren Viswa Nathan |
| Videography | Siva Balan, Pranav Koundinya |
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the many people, too numerous to name here, who volunteered to help us in the lobby, loaned us props or helped us in other ways during this production.
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