“Peyudha Peyudha Peyudhu Pei Mazhai. Peyudhu Peyudhu Oorellam ellam peyudhu” (Is it raining, is it raining. Ghostly rain is pouring all over the country). A mumbling like vibration articulated by the artistes echoes throughout the hall. The artistes keep staring with intriguing eyes and repeat the refrain with a wailing pitch. They look scared, lost and enslaved. Not by humans but by the rains that shook the entire state during the monsoon.

Enacting the Neer Nadodigal (Water Nomads), the artistes in the play portrayed how people who looked at the sky with longing eyes waiting to see a drop of rain were looking at the sky now with fear and frozen eyes having been deprived of their materialistic goods.

The artists begin with questioning the authority and the governance demanding they respond to the losses they suffered. Even as the artists try to suppress the authority or the force that is portrayed as the reason for their loss, the force continues to be undefeated.

The instruments used by the artistes, both the didgeridoo and the zimbae (instruments used by ancient Australian tribes) portray a sense of sadness and misery when they meet with the rain beast so suddenly. However, a woman ancestor who is called back to the present by the artistes warns them of a danger from above by pointing her hands to the sky as she continues to mumble.

Mocking at the western plastic culture that has made Chennai a huge dump yard, the artistes staged a hilarious mock ramp walk in which the models are completely clothed in plastic. However, the fun and enjoyment last only a few moments as people start to fight with each other for little drops of water and food crumbs during the aftermath of the rain. The scene clearly depicts how people who did not even care about fellow beings and led selfish lives were forced to come to the streets.

They also say that the rain had come back to see the land, trees and the environment, which are being abused by the humans.

Director Murugaboopathy in his 7 sequence play which was enacted by the students of Drama Club of the PSG College of Arts and Science has portrayed how the rains not only changed the look of the Districts of Chennai and Cuddalore, but also the fate of many.