During a value education period at St Columba’s School in New Delhi earlier this month, a student of Class 10 scribbled busily in his notebook. He was writing the script of a classroom skit that he titled Dulha Bana Badmash, “The Groom Who Became a Gangster”. It was his extracurricular assignment — “What’s your favorite film?” — and he was clearly enjoying himself.

“He could write scripts on demand, and did it so well,” a close friend of the boy told ­ on Friday.

“Film is something he always wanted to do.” The skit, the boy’s friends said, was a breezy, exaggerated endorsement of Bhojpuri comedy cinema, filled with dramatic pauses and sharp one liners. It was a two-actor play, and the boy gave himself a particularly punchy line that had the class in splits.

Their teachers found the play

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