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September 7, 2012 12:00:00 AM IST
MTG editorial

The 16th edition of the Nehru Centre's Theatre Festival in Mumbai, aims to present some of the best contemporary productions in theatre from across the country. The opening ceremony of the festival is scheduled on September 7, 2012. One of the highlights of the festival this year is the play, MOTERAM, written by Safdar Hashmi and Habib Tanvir and directed by MS Sathyu.

Other plays like GP Deshpande's SATYASHODHAK, directed by Atul Pethe, is about Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and his wife, Savitribai Phule. The play deals with women's issues, education for the underprivileged, and struggle against casteism. The festival will also feature plays by directors- Sai Paranjpe, Waman Kendre, Nadira Zaheer Babbar, Feroz Abbas Khan, Gopal Datt, Purva Naresh, Kapildev Shukla (from Surat), Sandip Bhattacharya (from Kolkatta) amongst others. In all, the festival will feature 13 plays in various Indian languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada and Bengali.

The festival goes on till September 14 at the Nehru Centre auditorium, Worli.

Entry Free but passes required. Passes can be collected from the box-office.

Tel: 24964676 - 80

Please click here for the schedule of the Festival

Play Name Language Auditorium Timings

TIRADE PHOOTI KUNPAL Gujarati Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Sat, Sep 8, 2012
02:30 pm

SANTAAP Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Sat, Sep 8, 2012
07:30 pm

PRETH Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Sun, Sep 9, 2012
02:30 pm

AALBEL Marathi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Sun, Sep 9, 2012
07:30 pm

TUMHARI AMRITA Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012
02:30 pm

GHAR BAAR Marathi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Mon, Sep 10, 2012
07:30 pm

NAIN NACHAIYA Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012
02:30 pm

YUMRAAJ JI KUCHH KARIYE Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Tue, Sep 11, 2012
07:30 pm

KEREGE HAARA Other Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Wed, Sep 12, 2012
07:30 pm

LE SAUGANDH TU Hindi Nehru Center
Worli (map link)
Thu, Sep 13, 2012
02:30 pm

*Mumbai Theatre Guide takes no responsibility for change in schedule.

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