As a child, Kamlesh Mota auditioned for a school play, and expressed the intention of taking up theatre. His mother took him to the Bhangwadi Theatre in south Mumbai (a venue, now defunct,…
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Bridezilla Strikes: There can be no wedding in our country, without high stress and drama, some of which playwright-director Veena Bakshi has captured with humour in Ank’s production of Hamari Neeta Ki Shaadi.…
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The Girl Who Came To Dinner: No matter how liberal a family may be, when the possibility of a son or daughter choosing a partner from outside the community comes…
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Foggy Memories: Kamlesh Mota’s new Gujarati play, Dhummas (Fog), written by Anshumali Ruparel, is described as “an emotional thriller” which must be a term coined for Gujarati theatre, like “social comedy,” but…
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As The Crow Flies: A materialistic western society is taken up by Mary Kondo, who teaches people how to unclutter and simplify their lives. The idea is not new; almost…
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Mumbai has an overactive theatre scene, but most groups suffer from a severe shortage of funding, which then results in working around available—and often inadequate– resources. Which is why, when Aadyam was…
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This Odd Couple Qissago’s production Jaana Tha Roshanpura, written by Samta Sagar and directed by Virendra Saxena, has a simple premise—unusual, but also believable—and builds on it with humour and…
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Akriti Singh named her four-year-old theatre group Storia Senza Storia, which means story-less stories. “There is a writer called Scarlett Thomas, who is my favourite. There is a book by her called Our…
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Super Seven The experiment of putting together an evening of monologues worked well in Gujarati. In the first production of Saat Teri Ekvees (7X3=21) by Manhar Gadhia, audiences got to see…
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At a coffee shop in the heart of the showbiz district of Mumbai, a young man dives at Geetanjali Kulkarni’s feet, murmuring how big a fan he is of her…