ghasiram kotwal

Sanjay Mishra returns to theatre playing Nana Phadnavis in the Hindi play 'ghasiram kotwal,' premiering August 14, 2025. He values theatre’s raw joy and equality, contrasting it with film’s technical nature. A National School of Drama graduate, Mishra is excited to continue his stage journey.

The Chetana production will be staged at the 10th anniversary Prachya on August 19 at Academy of Fine Arts.

The Repertory Company, the regular performing wing of the National School of Drama (NSD), will organize a five-day drama festival at Kalakshetra here from Thursday.

It was dregs of society that peopled Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar's world. And he probed his characters, gleaned from real life, with sensitivity and guided them through life's tragedies.

Theatre is here to stay and flourish with audience patronage despite the emergence of new media, feels eminent theatre personality Mohan Agashe.

Chetana is gearing up for its theatre festival in November.

Rahul Ranade once celebrated his birthday more than 24 hours. Recalling his most memorable birthday, the music composer who turned 52 on May 23, told a leading Marathi daily, Rahul says it was his 20th Birthday.

Through the day, he performed in three consecutive plays — two of which were directed by him

The Aashay Film Club has organised a two-day programme to pay a tribute to noted playwright and scriptwriter Vijay Tendulkar.

Booklovers in the city have some news to cheer for as a bigger and better version of Patna Book Fair (PBF) is back in town with 700 stalls and noted publishers from across the country.

As the mercury dips to new lows and winter nights get a bit frosty, things are pepping a lot at the ongoing ‘Gamak’ Festival. The range and variety of the events here has become bigger and even better, regaling the city audience at Tribal Museum, the venue of the event. Friday saw recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi award, Amod Bhatt, present the finer nuances of B V Karanth’s natya sangeet, which had made his plays even more popular.

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena leader Raj Thackeray wants the intelligentsia, the media and political parties to start a dialogue on the broad theme of creative freedom.

Iconic Marathi dramatist, Vijay Tendulkar, who kicked-off a virtual revolution in Indian theatre both in terms of content and style, passed away at a city hospital on Monday at 8am.

Outlandish costumes, Presley sideburns, schmoozing blondes is no mean feat. Om Puri is resorting to all Bollywood cliches.

A golden jubilee means big celebrations in some cases and quiet reflection in others. For the National School of Drama, it has been a bit of both.