When Bhanu Bharti, acclaimed theatre director and NSD alumnus, decides to stage a play, he doesn’t go looking for ‘interesting adaptations’ and ‘inspired scripts’. He doesn’t bother about reaching out to the masses with risqué comedies or flamboyant productions either. ...Read More
Ashish Vidyarthi does not like the easy way out, either in life or his work. A few weeks back, in Bangalore's hallowed Ranga Shankara auditorium, he was pacing the stage restlessly before his solo performance in Nadira Babbar's acclaimed Dayashankar Ki Diary. When asked for an interview, ...Read More
In a packed Ranga Shankara auditorium (with producer Nimi Ravindran conscientiously paying auto fares to all those who could not get tickets and had to go home) on a Sunday afternoon, the second last show of Ajay Krishnan's hit play Butter and ...Read More
Gulshan Devaiah's big moment is here. And if he does not become one of the breakout stars of his generation, it will be because the world is askew. He was one of the few reasons why an underwhelming Dum Maro ...Read More
A few years ago, when I met one of India’s youngest and most promising playwrights Ajay Krishnan at the Ranga Shankara cafe, he was sitting casually on a bench, one knee peeking out of torn denims. For a writer and director ...Read More
Freedom of speech is increasingly becoming an anomaly in India, especially in the creative arts and like theatre personality Nadira Babbar recently said about the absence of collective liberalism, “Sab bura manne ko tayyar baithe hain." Or as the catchline of the play says, ...Read More
This piece was written by Sunil Vishnu K, the founder (along with actor Karthik Kumar), of one of India's most vibrant theatre groups, Evam, as a personal tribute after the demise of theatre legend Badal Sircar. Badal Sircar passed away recently. Disillusioned, alone ...Read More
The heart of Ranga Shankara is unusually quiet except for the insistent pulse of "Akbar bhai? Arre, lightwale Akbar bhai?" The auditorium is empty in the hours preceding the second show of Dayashankar Ki Diary, a play from the bouquet that Mumbai's iconic theatre group Ekjute has brought ...Read More
It is a calmer day than usual at Jagriti, Bangalore's youngest theatre space. Squares of sunshine fall on the floor from the glass insets in the roof, two trees shoot from the floor to the ceiling, prints of Rabindra Nath ...Read More
Draupadi: "It's begun. They are already preparing, they have decided on war, they know there will be war. But why, then, did they not tell me that? Why did they make me believe it is my decision, my doing? Why? Kunti: ...Read More
Badal Sircar remained, in many ways, the outsider in Indian theatre. He was a prolific playwright, author of more than 50 plays, and the winner of several awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi award and the Padmashri. Ebong Indrajeet (Evam ...Read More
A decade into the new millennium, the two names at the forefront of Indian writing in English for stage continue to be Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani. New and old plays written by these veterans are grabbed by well known ...Read More
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