Chupke Chupke
It wasn’t a shared memory. The lockets of past, Lived rather separately. It wasn’t a promised twoness. The laces of present, Unhurried, resisting oneness. It wasn’t an emotion felt. The realm of the imagined instead,
The Body and You-(In response to Mooji’s invitation)
It takes courage. To disown it, to disobey, almost divorce from it. It will be difficult to decouple from. Surely. It has fed your eyes with a collage of Holi colours and that attractive cheekbones
One Man, Two Guvnors with James Cordon
An 18th century Commedia dell’arte play is adapted for the English stage. The year is 2011, the on-stage setting is 1963 Brighton. The stage, of course, has shifted from the West End to Broadway and
Motley’s Ismat Apa Ke Naam
The bed with shifting shades of rajai made centrestage- almost as a common denominator binding the three short stories in one space and time. The selected titles- “Chui Mui” (Touch-Me-Not), “Mughal Bachcha” (Mughal Child) and
The Bose Legacy- Inked By Letters
Through the oral narratives, rumours and gossip of the Bose family as encoded in Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand niece Madhuri Bose in her book The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence, came alive PlayPen’s latest production-
RAGE and AADYAM Present Mosambi Narangi
A typical Bollywood number “Ishaq Benaraswala” sets the mood for this play that attempts to pay tribute to both the lust and lure of Bollywood as well as its unsavoury aftertaste. The premise of the
Letters of Love- by Himali and Nikhil
Unlike an art exhibition where the artist obliterates the curator, Readings in the Shed foregrounds the act of curating as an art. Thus: Letters of Love by Himali and Nikhil. A performative reading of letters
Meeta Vashisht’s Lal Ded
The 13th century Kashmiri mystic poet Laaleshwari or Lal Ded was brought alive by veteran actor Meeta Vasisht last night for the 10th night in a row at G5A, courtesy Indian Novels Collective that endeavours
Labor of Love- Film Review
A woman snored away to glory. Two boys laughed out aloud. A couple couldn’t stop making some inane comments. And some people clapped to applaud the director with the ending of the last scene. This
Killa- Film Review
Director Avinash Arun has created a formidable and faithful film; Killa ventures to tell its story truthfully, and promises to render its craft respectfully. Selected for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, this Crystal Bear