What was it about Naya Theater rehearsals - you could be sitting there for the whole day waiting for your turn to go on stage- and nothing. Habib saab would be stuck with something or the other for the whole day, working with some actor on a specific moment, line or sometimes even word. You would be waiting. And then at some point your kidneys and bladder would revolt, you would move out to pee. And you would hear a roar- Himanshu kahan hai? usko bolo entry lene ke liye? And this was not just my experience. Any actor who moved out of the rehearsal space would be called in almost immediately. We figured that peeing was dangerous in Naya Theater. God knows whether he actually noticed you going out or it was just a sixth sense but Habib saab almost always called for the actor to get on stage who had stepped out for a brief break.
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