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Double celebration for ANK's JIS LAHORE NAHIN DEKHYA

February 21, 2023 14:09:41 IST
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It will be a double celebration for Preeta Mathur Thakur as her play JIS LAHORE NAHIN DEKHYA, directed by Dinesh Thakur will be completing 20 years and 400 shows this March.

ANK has also scheduled for Dinesh Thakur’s ATKE BHATKE LATKE SUR A Comedy in two solo acts, written and directed by Ashok Mishra has been scheduled for February 25, 2023 at Purvabhyas Theatre Paradise, Mumbai and HAI MERA DIL - The longest running play in the history of Hindi Theatre will be performed on Wednesday, 8th March 2023 (6 pm and 9 pm) at the Prithvi Theatre and also on Sunday, 26th March 2023 (6 pm) at NCPA Godrej Dance Theatre.

An elated Preeta Mathur Thakur shares her excitement on completing 400 shows and 20 years of JIS LAHORE NAHIN DEKHYA saying, “We are quite excited and planning to call all the crews including the writers, music directors among others. We will be missing Dinesh Thakur and Nida Fazil but yes, we will be carrying their legacy forward.

"We are also planning to felicitate other crews also like singers, designers among other co-artistes who are the part of the play now. I am the only one who peformed all 400 shows. Other artistes had been the part of the play before," she adds.

About ANK:
ANK is a regularly performing theatre group in Mumbai with 45 years of experience and more than 7500 successful shows all over the country as well as overseas, making it one of the largest performing teams in Hindi in the country. ANK came into being in 1976, created by Dinesh Thakur, who had himself notched up nearly five decades of experience in theatre.

Theatre for ANK is not only simply entertainment, but a source of rejuvenation for the performer as well as his audience. Theatre is also a custodian of values as well as a statement of cultural individuality in society. Theatre is also the changing face of society.

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