Cranky Old Men: A play about two cantankerous old men bickering ought not to be so hilarious, but it is, because there’s Neil Simon’s genius at work– the playwright could…
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Love Always: The first thing that strikes the audience while watching Motley’s new production of Old World, is the enjoyment Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah radiate by just being…
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Autumn Romance: The theatre group Ank, founded by late Dinesh Thakur, was taken over by his wife Priita Mathur Thakur, and she has successfully kept the flow of old and…
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The Man, The Poet: There have been plays about Sahir Ludhianvi, but they have been about his romance with Amrita Pritam, or there have plays about Pritam in which Sahir…
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Some Things Change: The Graduate, the highly acclaimed 1967 film, directed by Mike Nichols from a novel by Charles Webb, was converted to a stage production by Terry Johnson, much…
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The Fab Four: In 1990, Prashant Dalvi’s Marathi play, Charchaughi, directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni, was first staged. It may be a broad generalisation, but subjects in modern Marathi theatre have been…
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Marital Hurdles: In recent months quite a few Marathi and Gujarati plays have taken a look at the urban Indian marriage, with a non-traditional lens. Om Katare’s new play– the…
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Epic Romances: In a short span of time, Atul Satya Koushik has written and directed a wide range of plays from thriller to comedy, but he comes into his own…
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Old Man’s Orchard: Some stories are timeless and universal, even though they may belong to a particular era and location. Most underdog stories would fit into this category. Manoj Mitra’s…
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Music Magic: The life of the great singer and composer, Tansen, often called the founder of Hindustani classical music, has been the subject of books, films and numerous folk legends.…