As part of the Ballantine's 'Salt n Pepper' unique theatre tour, 40-year-old Mandira acted in a collection of ten short plays, each having a duration of 10 minutes.
Taking a funny look at the dark side of relationships between men and women, the actress played different characters with ages vary between 30 and 75.
"It is like spending a lifetime on stage as the age span is very wide for me. More than changing the make-up, the most challenging part was getting into the minds of so many different characters who belong to different eras and thinking styles," Mandira told PTI here.
At the G D Birla Sabhaghar here, the shows were held this weekend where actors like Darshan Jariwala and Kuki Grewal also acted in the plays directed by Vikram Kochhar.
After Kolkata, the stage production will travel to Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad later in the month.
One of the interesting stories was that of a 75-year-old woman played by Mandira who because of her age fails to communicate properly with her equally-old husband. (MORE)