What if happiness made people uncomfortable? What if smiling too much got you arrested?

Welcome to the world of Kaagdo—a darkly comic, sharply observant satire where happiness isn’t a blessing, but a legal liability. A man, aged but oddly content, finds himself in a courtroom. His crime? Being “too happy” despite having no logical reason to be.

His wife is gone. His daughter is abroad—thriving, yes, but distant. No riches. No fancy job title. No spiritual retreat in the Himalayas. Just a man in a modest home with a deeply unsettling level of inner peace. Naturally, society smells a conspiracy.

A relentless lawyer is brought in to interrogate this anomaly. Is he part of some underground joy cartel? Is he high on ancient philosophies? Or worse—has he simply… figured life out?

Through layers of laughter and questioning, Kaagdo dissects the absurd rituals we perform in the name of happiness—chasing promotions, collecting possessions, posting curated smiles online—while quietly forgetting how to simply live. As the play unfolds, the audience joins the courtroom in trying to crack the code behind this man’s calm. But what if there’s no code… just clarity?

Directed by the ever-curious Manoj Shah, Kaagdo isn’t a sermon dressed as theatre. It’s a playful punch to the gut of modern madness. It flutters between philosophy and farce, meditation and mayhem, and somehow makes you laugh while asking you uncomfortable questions about your own pursuit of “success.”

Because maybe, just maybe, the secret to happiness is not something you find—it's something you stop running away from. Like that odd crow on your window sill. The one that looks you straight in the eye… and caws.

So come, laugh till you think. Think till you laugh. And watch out—if you enjoy yourself too much, someone might just file a case.