There was a hit Gujarati play called Aandhlo Pato (Blind Man’s Buff) written by Aatish Kapadia about twenty years ago, that was turned into the Hindi filmAankhen (starring Amitabh Bachchan), about a group…
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Emil And The Detectives is a classic story for children, written by German writer Erich Kastner in 1929, and illustrated by Water Trier. The Nazis burnt most of Kastner’s books, for…
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A Woman Scorned Delhi-based theatre producer, director and writer, Atul Satya Koushik has been bringing his productions to Mumbai regularly. His plays, belonging to diverse genres from mythologicals to comedies…
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Soyare Sakal is the fifty-seventh production by Bhadrakali Productions, the group established by the late Macchindra Kambli, over three decades ago, with a Malwani play Chakrapani. After his death in 2007, his…
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Crazy Chaos As the audience walks into the theatre, actors in costume are rushing about looking for a dog that is meant to be in the play, but has run…
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When The Twain Meet If the love-hate relationship between an art form and its audience can be perceived as a marriage, then its ups and downs can be charted like…
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The Tomboy And The Tribal Hidayat Sami recently revived, under the Theatre Unit banner, Ramu Ramanthan’s children’s play, Medha & Zoombish, that actually speaks to adults, who create barriers of caste…
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All About Women When producer Manhar Gadhia put got seven writers to pen monologues and seven directors to work with seven actors, Saat Teri Ekvees was an unheard of experiment in…
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Enter The Maze The Mahabharat has so many stories that lend themselves to the stage. There was the classic Andha Yug and many versions of Draupadi’s point of view. Atul Satya Koushik’s Chakravyuh places Arjun’s son…
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Remains Of The Play Jaywant Dalvi’s Marathi play Purush, first staged in 1980 and was a huge success. Over the years, it has had several productions in many languages, and top…