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By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi– Film and television actor Rajeev Khandelwal, who has made his theatre debut with Swadesh Deepak’s ‘Court Martial’, says that he looks forward to the challenge of performing in front of a live audience.
“A junior ranked army man, Ramchander, one day, picks up his gun and shoots down his two senior officers. The army now orders a Court Martial against Ramchander to prove his crime and decide his punishment. The play comprises the proceedings of this Court, in which the defence lawyer, the extremely sharp Vikas Roy, goes deep into the motive behind the assault and exposes the ugly and shocking truth,” reads the synopsis of the Zee Theatre play.
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