Mangesh Kadam: Theatre taught me to be more empathetic towards human

Mangesh Kadam

who has dedicated his life for the theatre industry as an actor and director for 30 years is happy that auditoriums in Maharashtra are now open. Though it will take some more time due to SOPs and other processes to stage any play in auditoriums, all preparations for it are going on. On Marathi Rangabhumi Din, Mangesh Kadam shares about his favorite plays and about the future of Marathi theatre.

Mangesh Kadam who started his journey as an actor then picked up direction, after directing various plays recently Mangesh picked up acting again. Recently he is seen in the play ‘Amane Samane’. The actor shares about his favorite play. He says, “My favorite play is Adhantar, featuring Jyoti Subhash, Sanjay Narvekar, Leena Bhagwat, Anil Gawas, Bharat Jadhav and others. Apart from critically acclaimed plays,It got huge response from the audience.Also, it was the play which gave me an identity in the theatre industry.” While sharing about the play which is closer to him apart from his plays,he mentions ‘

Wada Chirebandi

’ as his most favorite play.

There are many things actor, directors learn from the industry. Mangesh also has learnt sharing about the greatest thing he has learnt from the plays is empathetic behavior towards human beings. “The play taught me how to look at human beings. It made me more empathetic towards them.”

Though the uncertain time due to pandemic stopped the shows of the plays, the director is firm believer that the theatre industry is never going to die. “Drama takes place in two spaces at the same time, one on the stage where actual action takes place and another in audiences’ mind.”