Pankaj called his new play an awakening, which Dupeharia indeed was. For it dealt with the story of a woman who had forgotten her existence in the busy lanes of motherhood and then in the solitude of old age and who got back her identity and her worth in a world that did not have much to offer its greying citizens. Pankaj's script was not about the formal structure of dialogue, stage setting and character delineation but about life, what happened in the lonely lanes of old age, the psyche of simple human beings and the bond that existed between the people left over from a bygone era. Pankaj's strength lay in his casual manner of presentation which took the audience to Amma Bhi's Lal Haveli.

He had effective props to heighten the tale, like the leafless tree which shed its eerie blue shadow, thanks to his wife Supriya Pathak who did the stage setting. And as grandma Dina Pathak watched him perform, Pankaj brought back to life that grand old Amma Bhi of his script as Mumtaz Siddiqui, the identity she had lost during the journey from widowhood to desertion by her only son. The appreciative audience will be grateful to Indradhanush, the Haryana Fine Arts Association, and the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Haryana government for the programme, of which they enjoyed every bit.