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‘It’s not just a story; it’s an emotion’: Bimal Roy’s ‘Kabuliwala’ returns on stage

MUMBAI: A stage adaptation of Tagore's 'Kabuliwala' opens at Prithvi Theatre, celebrating its emotional depth and timeless themes for young audiences.

‘It’s not just a story; it’s an emotion’: Bimal Roy’s ‘Kabuliwala’ returns on stage
Published on Apr 27, 2025 05:16 AM IST
ByYogesh Pawar

Report: Prithvi Theatre Festival 2024

With dastangoi performances, plays based on poems and short stories and musical interludes, the 39th edition of the annual festival had much to offer

A performance of Runaway Brides (Prithvi Theatre)
Published on Dec 12, 2024 04:52 PM IST

Partition, pushbacks, Mahmood Farooqui return to Mumbai with ‘Jashn-e-Dastangoi’

This edition will also see actor and national awardee director Aamir Bashir debut. The Kashmiri-Mumbaikar says he's both “thrilled and experiencing butterflies

Partition and pushbacks an integral part of ‘Jashn-e-Dastangoi’
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 09:18 AM IST
ByYogesh PawarYogesh Pawar

From behrupiya to scammer: theatre actor Gagan Dev Riar takes on Abdul Karim Telgi

Gagan Dev Riar, known for his roles in theater, is set to make his leading role debut as Abdul Karim Telgi in the sequel 'Scam 2003' on SonyLIV.

Mumbai, India - Aug. 26, 2023: Gagan Dev Riar is a Performer, Director, Writer pose for the photos at Malad in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, August 26, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 27, 2023 01:05 AM IST
ByEkta Mohta

Karn to Manto: A new dastangoi festival sweeps the arc of Indian bestsellers

In 1980, eminent Urdu writer and critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (also Farooqui’s uncle) began collecting dastans to be published in five volumes from 1998 to 2020. Farooqui read the first one in 2000, upon his return from the University of Oxford as a student of history

Dastangos Darain Shahidi (Left) and Mahmood Farooqui (Right) use mnemonics to remember the long passages in their performances. Farooqui says, “I have grown up memorising the tables, the Quran, poems, and Sanskrit shlokas.” (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 12:22 AM IST
ByEkta Mohta
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