Roopa’s role in Tara

 Dattani uses the character of Roopa as a counterpoint to Tara and Chandan in the play Tara. Roppa, unlike Tara, is normal, offensive and comic. It is important to keep in mind that Dattani does not portray normal in positive light. The reason Roopa is offensive and comic is because she is normal.

By making her comic, Dattani deliberately offers audience chance to laugh at her by making speaking both Kannada and English in a ridiculous manner.

Just like normal adolescent girl, Roopa too has her curiosities, confusion and fears. Her brief encounter with sexuality with Chandan is definitely intended for the laughs of audience. 

In her Dattani draws a picture of a mean and slightly corrupt girl who is to grow up to constitute in the ever interfering society. Dattani also makes use of her character in order to highlight unhealthy obsession of Bharti with the life of Tara.

Roopa also represents the mentality of society with a general tendency of making people unwanted. This is reflected in her calling Tara a freak. Overall she can be seen as a comic figure in the play.

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