The second leg of Stage Play started half an hour later than scheduled, in front of a considerably smaller audience than the previous one. This leg also featured four performances.

First up was PDM University, who based their play on an inter-religious couple and their journey through life, facing insults and threats from various parts of society. The play ended with the Hindu wife being killed by a Muslim terrorist in an act of Jihad. With nothing new being added to the clichéd theme, the applause was pretty lukewarm for this act.

Shahid Bhagat Singh College presented a musical centred around two dumb characters—a gay man and a lesbian—who decide to marry each other, hoping they’ll find love along the way. The play dealt with some bold topics, even showing a lesbian kiss on-stage. It showcased numerous attempts taken by the “couple” to conform to society’s perceptions, each ending in failure. The drama concluded with the pair deciding to face the truth, finally being able to speak.

The next performance, by Amity Law School, was a run-of-the-mill depiction of a Byomkesh Bakshi-like detective solving a decades-old case. The group kept up the suspense throughout what turned out to be the longest play of the day. By the end of their act, most of the audience had left and only the performers remained, destroying any hopes for a thunderous applause.

ABC Performing Arts, a Kolkata-based student theatre group, performed their adaptation of Almost, Maine by American playwright John Cariani. This humorous play contained a series of loosely connected episodes, each dealing with some aspect of love, rejection and guilt. This adaptation stood out due to its surrealist tone and abstract expression. It was very well-received among the few people that still remained in the audience.

Thus, the second and final leg of Stage Play came to a conclusion. BITS Pilani, who had presented their play “Paibandh” in the first leg, was judged to be the winner of the competition.