August 5, 2019 4:00:25 PM IST

Capers to thrillers, Parsi plays have enjoyed great runs at the 59-year-old Tejpal Auditorium in Gowalia Tank. Tracing the journey of this drama genre here, ahead of Navroze week

July 19, 2019 7:01:12 PM IST

It takes courage to make a biopic on Purshottam Laxman Deshpande (1919-2000), who was endearingly and popularly known as Pu. La.

June 20, 2019 5:20:06 PM IST

When I heard of Girish Karnad's death, I remembered our photograph together. I hunted it out and put it up on FaceBook. I was proud to have had a picture with the man whose plays I admire.

May 16, 2019 11:55:03 AM IST

It is ironic that Badal Sircar (1925-2011) passed away a day after the Left relinquished power in Bengal and Kerala. Badal Babu had withdrawn from theatre, and with this final denouement...

April 23, 2019 12:03:36 PM IST

The originality which is required relates to the expression of the thought; but the Act does not require that the expression must be in an original or novel form...

April 5, 2019 11:44:11 AM IST

Today is 1st March 2019. My father Bapurao Shivram Naik was born on 29th February 1920. Next year will be his centenary year.

March 27, 2019 5:07:06 PM IST

Theatrewallahs in Search of a High and Mighty Nose Because we live in a day and age where perfect nonsense goes on in the world, sometimes there is no plausibility at all

March 27, 2019 11:58:49 AM IST

Before my awakening to the theatre, my teachers were already there. They had built their houses and their poetic approach on the remains of their own lives.

March 15, 2019 4:55:36 PM IST

Our leaders today have taken falsehoods to such heights. There the voice of truth cannot reach. Today's Ramayan is different.

March 8, 2019 3:07:46 PM IST

While the Indian mainstream media went hammer and tongs and converted their newsrooms into ‘war rooms’ on 2nd-3rd March 2019, over 200 artists transformed the Red Fort ground in Delhi...