Hayavadana is a profound and playful drama exploring identity, desire, and the nature of completeness. It follows Devadatta, a tender-hearted poet, and Kapila, a vigorous man of action—two inseparable friends who both fall in love with the spirited Padmini. In a desperate moment, both men sacrifice themselves at Kali’s temple, and when Padmini pleads for their return, the goddess revives them—but with their heads accidentally swapped. What follows is a tale of confusion and conflict as mind and body wage war within the new combinations, unraveling relationships and revealing the fragility of identity. Running parallel is the story of Hayavadana, a man with a horse’s head seeking wholeness, whose journey mirrors the play’s core theme: the human longing to be complete. Balancing humor, irony, and tragedy, the drama ultimately confronts the limits of desire and the search for selfhood.