After having acted with the likes of Sean Connery in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Naseeruddin Shah will be in Kathmandu to stage Dear Liar with Ratna Pathak Shah. The duo will perform the play directed by Satyadev Dubay at Association of St Mary's Alumnae Nepal's (ASMAN) Supper Theatre this July. Proceeds from the event will go to Asman Art Fund which will provide scholarships for talented individuals to attend Gurukul School of Theatre's two-year residential course.

Dear Liar is a play written in 1957 by Jerome Kilty. It was derived from a compilation of letters that George Bernard Shaw wrote to Stella Campbell, an actress he was romancing. The drama is an early example of epistolary form of play writing with straightforward narrations and not recreation of events. It chronicles the deep mutual admiration and love that Shaw and Campbell shared, though they were both married but not to each other. The play is set between 1895-1939, that very significant era in history which witnessed not only innumerable path breaking accomplishments in theatre but also the two World Wars and the end of the Edwardian era whose lifestyle was dear to people like Stella.

Shah, who portrays George Bernard Shaw, is a Bollywood actor known for his versatility, accomplishments and recent achievement in Hollywood. He has acted in movies like Umrao Jaan, Hey Ram, Bhopal Express, The Perfect Murder and Monsoon Wedding. Shah has also performed in over 60 productions on the professional stage. For the last 26 years, he has been running the Motley Theatre Company as director. Ratna Pathak Shah, who has acted in several films and tv serials is also part of the theatre company. An accomplished theatre actor, she has performed in over 30 plays in both Hindi and English.