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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.
Published on Apr 27, 2025 05:16 AM IST
Yogesh 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
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
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 09:18 AM IST
Yogesh 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.
Updated on Aug 27, 2023 01:05 AM IST
Ekta 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
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 12:22 AM IST
Ekta Mohta
I love being on the stage and will continue even if no one turns up: Shah
Naseeruddin Shah on the capricious nature of showbiz and the pervasive problem of censorship that looms over OTT platforms after films and TV
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 10:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Navneet Vyasan
To Asif sir, with love
To the world, Asif Basra was a great actor. To a bunch of five-year-olds at a theatre workshop, he was the ultimate educationalist
Published on Nov 22, 2020 07:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ishaan Puri
The man who raised the bar in alternative Gujarati theatre
On the occasion of Gadhia’s 68th birth anniversary, to celebrate his love for theatre, an event titled Celebrating Gadhia, is being organised at Prithvi Theatre.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 04:15 PM IST
Mumbai | Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Art for everyone
Sanjna Kapoor and Sameera Iyengar celebrate the second anniversary of their art and culture initiative, Junoon, they talk about why those chose a leap year and more
Updated on Mar 03, 2020 03:59 PM IST
Mumbai | Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Theatre Special by Makarand Deshpande: 10 reasons why drama is syrup for the soul
The most distinctive face on Indian stage tells you why you should watch a play tonight
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Makarand Deshpande
Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan lead the Kapoor family at Prithvi Theatre’s 40th anniversary party
Actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan led the celebrations at the opening of the Prithvi Theatre Festival, which was attended by the who’s who of the theatre scene. See pictures here.
Updated on Nov 06, 2018 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Prithvi Theatre marks 40 years with a retelling of Prithviraj Kapoor’s plays
The festival will open with Sunil Shanbag’s reinterpretation of Kapoor’s Deewar, written in 1945.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 01:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
Mumbai model arrested for stalking and threatening to kill another model
The accused followed her, he also tried to speak to her but the woman tried to avoid him
Updated on May 07, 2018 09:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aritra Hazra, Mumbai
Reimagining Mark Twain’s lecture in Mumbai
The play draws from Twain’s writings about his hometown in Mississippi and his observations from travels around the world – all written in the sardonic style that makes his aphorisms and quotes popular even today.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jayati Bhola, Mumbai
Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Different journeys
“Finally, I can see Mumbai. She is still 2,000km away. I am in Kolkata and shall ride through central India to reach my destination,” says Aditya Raj Kapoor, who has just returned to Indian shores after leaving India 10 months (“or some 310 days”) ago for a world tour on his motorcycle on a life-defining magical mystery tour.
Updated on Apr 06, 2018 03:02 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Malavika Sangghvi, Mumbai