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Theatre-in-Motion ~Theatre festival bringing the best of theatre across Kolkata, New Delhi & Mumbai~ This winter, get ready to experience the best of Indian Theatre with Theatre in Motion; a festival that will provide theatre lovers a chance to experience plays across Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai in Hindi, English and Bengali. Running for 3 months starting from  October 5  till  December 29 , the festival will bring together the best of theatre groups, personnel and art connoisseurs on a single platform. Presented by Utkal Rangmanch Trust in association with Sanket and steered by Anant Mahapatra, a legendary figure in theatre, Theatre-in-Motion revolves around his idea of making the best of theatre available for viewing to connoisseurs across the country. Theatre in Motion will feature famous theatre exponents like Dada Saheb Phalke awaredee Soumitra Chatterjee, Rajit Kapur, Nadira Zaheer Babbar, Mohan Agashe, Om Katare, Manoj Mitra, Rakesh Bedi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Lilette Dube

Crossword hosts a Play Reading of Ashvin Gidwani’s ‘The Big Fat City’ Mumbai , 14 th June, 2013: Crossword – India’s leading lifestyle bookstore, hosted the play reading session of Ashvin Gidwani’s ‘The Big Fat City’ . Written & directed by  Mahesh Dattani , the reading starred Achint Kaur, Nasirr Khan, Pooja Ruparel, Ivan Rodrigues, Sonal Joshi, Aadar Malik, Gagan Singh Sethi, Sashi Bhushan.           About the ‘The Big Fat City’: A successful corporate couple with a new apartment in a fancy suburb of Mumbai… A TV star with a fan following and a troublesome marriage... An aspiring young actress from a small town with her possessive boyfriend… What’s behind their facades? What do they do when murder comes knocking at their door? The play is India’s first black comedy that offers you laughter, thrills and a little pill to chew on as you drive back home. About Crossword: Crossword is India’s leading bookstore chain, which has pioneered the lifestyle b

In Praise of kiran Nagarkar- An event organised by Max Mueller Bhavan Goethe Institute to commend Author Kiran Nagarkar for his wonderful works of fiction that has been translated in several foreign languages and are bestsellers in those countries. The Panelists were Marla Stutenberg, of the Max Mueller Bhavan, Naresh Fernandes, Paromita Vohra and Kiran Nagarkar himself. There were book readings by the panelists from their favorite kiran Nagarkar work followed by an artistic dance drama adapted from his work.