A scene from the play Yogi Mattu. | Photo Credit: HARSHUL B Punaha, a theatre company based in Udupi is bringing its latest production Yogi Mattu Bhogi for the first time to Bengaluru this week, starting with a show on February 6 at Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Domlur at 7 p.m. Directed by renowned writer, playwright and actor Mahesh Dattani, the play is an adaptation of the 7th-century play, Bhagavadajjukam (Sanskrit, ‘Bhagavat’ – hermit; ‘Ajjuka’ – harlot), also known in English as The Ascetic and The Courtesan. According to the synopsis, this play is one of the oldest surviving plays in Sanskrit literature, it is a fine example of a ‘prahasana’, or farce. Layered in witty exchanges about dharma, it is centered around the transmigration of souls between the two titular characters leading to confusion and chaos for the supporting characters who have no answer to the absurdity of it all, said the synopsis.  Yogi Mattu Bhogi comes alive when the classic Sanskrit text and the physicality of theatre gel seamlessly with the traditional dance theatre form from …