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Prism Theatre Society is all set to launch the play “Khidki” a family entertainer in Mumbai, featuring Netflix series Sacred Games Fame Bunty aka Actor Jatin Sharma and Actress Priyanka Sharma. Vikas Bahari known for his modern style of writing has directed and designed various productions under the same banner on stage. After performing successful shows all over in India, now Prism Theatre Society is taking its newly existed theatrical extravaganza 39th show of play "Khidki" in Mumbai on 24th November 2019. Khidki story revolves around the hell hole of the struggling writer who is facing a writer's block and dealing with a deadline at the same time. Now he is left with no option but to look around and find characters, by guessing about their lives and actions..."Guesses" with infinite possibilities...will make plan entertaining. But what if even by a slight chance... One of these possibilities comes true? Come and discover life with action an...

About ANTARANG Season 3 An initiative by The Actor’s Truth, the third edition of Antarang Theatre Festival is celebrating equality in love as we mark 50 years of ‘Pride’ and acceptance of the LGBTQI community across the world. Starting August 16-18, this three-day festival comprises portrayals and narrations that act as a mirror to those aspects of our society that we choose to remain oblivious to. Not just that, the festival aims to address various other issues that are of utmost importance and often a topic of discussion in the society, like female foeticide, child abuse, sexual molestation, marital rape, homophobia. At the same time talking about mental illness, that is often shoved under the carpet. Mr. Saurabh Sachdeva, acting coach, and curator of the Antarang Theatre festival dedicate this festival to the courage of the LGBTQ community for their unshakable conviction. “Since we started this festival in 2017, each year we bring plays that talk about or address social ...

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#PicksAndPiques #EnglishHindiTheatrePlayReview #TheatreCriticJohnsonThomas #BadeMiyanDeewane Rating: * * * #ImranRasheed #MuzammilQureshi #YasirKhan #BarkhaSaxena #HarpreetSingh #NishaDhar #AkritiSingh #KhaleeqChaudhary #KhushbooAtre #VarunKumar #NischalSharma Play: Bade Miyan Deewane Cast: Imran Rasheed, Muzammil Qureshi, Yasir Khan, Barkha Saxena, Harpreet Singh, Nisha Dhar, Akriti Singh, Khaleeq Chaudhary, Khushboo Atre, Varun Kumar and Nishchal Sharma, Mohd Khaleeq Director: Imran Rasheed Rating: * * * Runtime: 120 mins Amongst the funniest and most popular Hindi Urdu romantic comedy plays to be staged in India, Rangbaaz’s ‘Bade Miyan Deewane’ directed by ace theatre exponent Imran Rasheed begins its latest re-rerun on the Indian theatre circuit in moth eaten overalls. The production values are not up to the mark and neither are the costuming, the singing or the dancing. The entire shoddy production has a rather antiquated and decadent low-brow feel to it. And...

BY POPULAR DEMAND, ITS BACK IN MUMBAI…. 10 years, 80 shows on….and still running to packed houses Rangbaaz Presents India's Best Hindi Musical Comedy Play By popular demand, one of India’s leading professional theatre groups, Rangbaaz Productions is back in Mumbai to delight theatre lovers across the city! Rangbaaz will stage their runaway hit musical comedy play -- ''BADE MIYAN DEEWANE'' – that has been enjoying a successful 10-year, 80 show run to packed houses across the country! It is being staged on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at St. Andrew’s Auditorium Bandra (W) at 7.30pm. It is suitable for children Aged 10 years and above. Bade Miyan Deewane is one of the funniest Hindi Urdu romantic comedy plays to be staged in India and it is based on Shaukat Thanvi's novel Budbhas. The popular musical stars Imran Rasheed, Muzammil Qureshi, Yasir Khan, Barkha Saxena, Harpreet Singh, Nisha Dhar, Akriti Singh, Khaleeq Chaudhary, Khushboo Atre, Varun Kumar and Ni...

PicksAndPiquesEnglishHindiTheatreReviewsJohnsonThomas Play : #PajamaParty Cast: #KamyaPunjabi, #KavitaKaushik, #ShaktiSingh, #DeepaliGarg, #SunilPalwal, #ArjunSingh Written by #AtulSatyaKoushik Directed by #AtulSatyaKoushik Rating: * * * Runtime: 130 mins Venue: Royal Opera House , Mumbai Crimes against women are being reported every day but the awareness brought on by a more vigilant media hasn’t made much of dent in preventing the rampant, dishonourable and frequent occurrence of the dastardly crime. Social media outrage, though instantaneously gratifying, doesn’t quite take the edge out of the victim’s ordeal while even the intentional, justified defamation of the aggressor/criminal is well forgotten within a few weeks. Media ethics also play an important role. Of late, we have seen many instances where an economically and politically powerful criminal makes use of his or her wherewithal to whitewash his/her sins vis-a-vis character assassination of the victim and at...

*Sonu Nigam, Sanaya Irani, Drashti Dhami, Aftab Shivdasani, Salim-Sulaiman and many other grace the premiere of Umrao Jaan, the musical in Mumbai* Ever since Umrao Jaan, the musical has been announced, the curiosity was high and finally the musical opened with house packed audiences in Mumbai on Tuesday i.e. May 21st, 2019 at Rangmandir, Bandra west. The red carpet of the musical saw who’s who of Bollywood and TV industry. Composer duo Salim-Sulaiman along with the entire cast and crew of Umrao Jaan opened the media panel. They said, “We have been a huge fan of Umrao Jaan since 1981. It was a dream for us to create a musical on the backdrop of a struggle of courtesan. We have worked really hard on it and are so emotional and proud to see a packed house at the premiere.” Other who attended the premiere were veteran Khayyam, Sonu Nigam, Talat Aziz, Aftab Shivdasani, Aditi Gautam, Shreyas Talpade, and Kabir Bedi. Others from television joined were very popular Karanvir Sing...