It’s one of the most fabled lines in LSR history, passed down from batch to batch and teacher to student. The matrimonial ads, which after asking for a ‘homely, convented girl’ state categorically and firmly: LSR girls need not apply. That line has been quoted with pride by several women, glorying in the fact that their minds are considered too unconventional to fit in with the typical Indian bride mentality.

And now, when Lady Sri Ram college celebrates 50 years of existence, a little bit of that attitude has found its way into their public production — the annual play they do each year. This time, because of the golden anniversary, the play is a big one.

Based on Moliere’s School For Wives, Ladki Seedhi Rahegi is a play within a play, directed by theatre stalwart, Roysten Abel, on the 14th in LSR and the 17th at the India Habitat Centre. ‘‘Moliere’s version was a take-off, a springboard towards this production,’’ says Abel, ‘‘We’re celebrating all the women who graduated from this college.’’

Conceptualised entirely by the cast, the play’s cast includes anchor Shivani Wazir Pasrich and director of Sri Ram Schools Abha Adams as well as a cameo by LSR principal Meenakshi Gopinath. ‘‘Ladki Seedhi Rahegi questions marriage,’’ says Abel, ‘‘It’s basically about six women who get together to do School For Wives and then question the relevance of the play with the whole context.’’