Vijay Tendulkar, Kshama Bute-Shinde, Suneeta Misra, Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Neerja Tripathi, Ebong Theatrix, Dharamveer Bharati

Meera Narasimhan, Nachiket Dharker

Manoj Tiwari, Sridhar Mirajkar, Sushil Rattan

MONOLOGUES (Stree Jeevan Ke Anuttarit Prashna, 18th Day of Mahabharat, Goodbye Charles) VIGNETTES (Avinash, The Two Mrs. Ahujas, Till Death Do US Part, Sakharam Binder)

Adarsh Gupta, Subhankar Banerjee, Paresh Parekh

Neerja Tripathi, Sridhar Mirajkar, Chetna Gola, Swati Sinha, Manoj Tiwari, Sushil Rattan, Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Peter Poggioli

Priyanka Shetty

Priyanka Shetty

Theresa M. Davis

“One-Woman Wonder” Priyanka Shetty’s THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is a witty, dark comedy about just your typical Indian metalhead and software-engineer-turned-actor who must navigate life as an immigrant arriving in Trump's America. When Priyanka makes the bold move to defy her family by quitting her IT job and moving to the U.S. to pursue an acting career, things don’t quite turn out how she imagined. Gear up for a funny, tumultuous ride through immiscible cultures, unforgettable love, irreparable loss, and the desperation of not belonging anywhere.

Heather Mease, Katherine Stefl, Julie Briskie

Priyanka Shetty

Priyam Jani

Adarsh Gupta

Meera Narasimhan, Ashok Ambardekar

Conflict between a wife and the “other woman” is as old as mankind! While this is the underlying premise of “Kanhaiya”, the reality depicted by playwright Priyam Jani is unlike any other you may have seen. The wife does confront the “other woman” but is unable to defend her status when faced with a barrage of hard-hitting queries from the “other woman”. The tables are turned as the writer gradually unveils the fallacy of existing in a so-called fantasy of a respectable marriage in which the wife performs all her “duties” religiously, and yet, comes to realize the deep chasm between her and her husband.

Mamta Kukreti, Subhankar Banerjee, Stuti Banerjee

Madhavi Tawde-Bhosale, Madhuri Subramaniam

King Mahendra Vikrama Pallava

ICS Theatre

Barkha Kishnani, Dr. Farley Richmond

A witty one-act play adapted in English from a 7th century Sanskrit farce. What happens when a wandering mendicant and his undisciplined, hungry disciple encounter a beautiful courtesan and her frolicsome attendants in a lush pleasure garden? King Mahendra Vikrama Pallava's 7th century farce provides surprising answers to the age old question of the meaning of life and death. This is one of the few surviving Sanskrit plays that takes a comic approach to serious human dilemmas. The work continues to be performed in the state of Kerala by kutiyattam actors of the world's oldest surviving genres of theater, according to UNESCO and has recently been adapted and interpreted by theater companies in urban India, as well as by educational theaters in the USA.

ICS Theatre

ICS Theatre

Girish Karnad

ICS Theatre

Barkha Kishnani

Bikhre Bimb is a Hindi translation of the award-winning Kannada play, Odakalu Bimb by Girish Karnad. The play reveals the story of an unsuccessful Kannada writer who gains international recognition for her debut novel in English. A gripping plot that reflects uncomfortable relationships and human failings, Bikhre Bimb will leave the audience captivated.

ICS Theatre

Gauri Kansara, Rupali Gaitonde, Anahita Mantri, Priya Iyer, Kinnary Patel, Madhuwanti Bhat

Irfan Mujawar

Theatrix

Ashutosh Hadap

Alpaviram is a moving, mature and realistic look at the considerations and issues surrounding end of life decisions concerning sick and aging parents. The play takes place over the course of a night in the waiting room of a hospital in India, where two brothers, the elder, Madhav, who has spent his entire life in India and the younger, Mihir, who has emigrated to America and is currently visiting to see their ailing mother, grapple with these issues and decisions from their own points of view. They both love their mother dearly but approach this most difficult of life events very differently, informed by their life experiences and values.

Theatrix

Aniruddha Potnis, Sanket Bakshi

Rajiv Joseph

Dr. Farley Richmond

Dr. Farley Richmond

The cover to the acting edition of Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries summarizes the play as follows: “Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals leading the two childhood friends to compare scars and the physical calamities that keep drawing them together.” And New York newspaper critics speak highly of the playwright and this particular work. The New York Times critic characterizes Joseph as, “an artist of original talent.” The Daily News reviewer calls the work, “Irresistibly odd and exciting…” And Variety describes it as, “This wondrous strange two-hander finds as much humor as horror in the play’s bizarre events.” Our cast of actors in their sophomore year of college bring together powerful elements of the play that resonate with audiences of all ages.

Dr. Farley Richmond

Kayleen Olivia Vocos, Doug Issac Gober

Sujit Saraf

Adarsh Gupta

Krishna S. Murti, Meera Narasimhan

We living in the U.S. carrying out our Indian traditions and practices to the letter. Traditional activities do happen such as Diwali and Holi being celebrated with full pomp, weddings seeing grooms coming on horses or elephants, and raas & bhangra celebrations being kept alive through various competitions and events, what does one do if they want to properly and accurately fulfill their wishes upon death? What if one wishes to be cremated exactly as it is done in India, pre the existence of crematoriums? Sujit Saraf’s play, Death in San Francisco, tackles this very issue and tells us the story about the family and friends of a recently deceased middle aged Indian, Naveen Gupta, in Pacific Heights, CA – a ritzy neighborhood of San Francisco. Naveen, seemingly secular in life, surprises everyone by stipulating in his will that his son Ajay should cremate him in San Francisco, just as Naveen had cremated his father in India thirty years earlier. The play offers us, with a light you.

Neerja Tripathi, Amita Tiwari, Sumedha Malhotra, Mamta Kukreti, Subhankar Banerjee, Paresh Parekh, Madhuri Subramaniam, Purnima Mathur Saxena, Purnima Saxena, Goldie Manocha, Sumedha Mohan

Rajiv Paul, Vigil Bose, Manoj Singh, Srini Thupukari, Nisha Narayan, Swati Sinha, Ashwin Iyer, Shona Bramble, K. R. Balasubramaniam, Neerja Tripathi, Sumedha Mohan, Anagha Iyer, Sanjay Kumar, Vikrum Mathur, Meghan Williams Elkins, Sumedha Malhotra

Suneeta Misra

Adarsh Gupta

Arindam Ghosh

“Three Sisters,” is a satirical look at the snobbery and misguided values of the Sen family. The story revolves around a mother, Mrs. Sen and her three daughters, Rita, Tina, and Dipsy who were unwillingly transplanted from Calcutta to a small north Indian town in the 1970s, by her husband, Brigadier Sen. Tony, the son who is the youngest member of the Sen family, is viewed by the mother, as the heir. The nanny, Doris, who was a de facto mother of the Sen children, subsequently serves as the underpaid lone servant of the family. She also serves as a catalyst in helping Rita develop an egalitarian point of view and in helping bring her closer to her fellow teacher, Mr. Bose. After the death of Brigadier Sen, the mother and the older sister, Rita, continue to yearn for the big city and the life they left behind. The younger sisters and brother who have fewer memories of the old world, adapt to life in a smaller town and to their limited circumstances. Eventually, nostalgia restricts the

Swati Sinha, Stuti Banerjee, Madhuri Subramaniam, Purvi Patki, Suresh Kodolikar, Kshama Bute-Shinde, Anusha Dasgupta, Goldie Manocha, Subhankar Banerjee, Oishee Sanyal Ghosh, Purnima Mathur Saxena, Paresh Parekh, Sridhar Mirajkar

Nachiket Dharker, Vikas Ahuja, Archana Gupta, Rohit Ray, Meera Narasimhan, Sonal Jagasia, Amit Gurjar, Rakhi Bhatia, Meenal Singh, Shampa Basu, Abhijit Dasgupta, Rajiv Paul, Sridhar Mirajkar, Mahesh P Joshi, Sangeeta Agrawal

Nisha Narayan

Avantika Gupta

Nisha Narayan

Kids discussing issues at home during the covid period

Adarsh Gupta, Vivek Galera

Meera Narasimhan, Ramesh Sood, Deep Mathur, Shalu Jain, Siyona Machiket, Radhika Sahay, Ansh Kasana, Samrat Jain, Myra Verma, Urjit Galera, Ananya Pandey, Saili Nitin Shinde, Divya Mathur, Siya Narain

Uday Prakash

Adarsh Gupta

Umesh Agnihotri

A story from an old lady about greed

Adarsh Gupta, Paresh Parekh

Pushpa Agnihotri

Pandemic Shutdown

Pandemic Shutdown

Pandemic Shutdown

Pandemic Shutdown

Pandemic Shutdown

Pandemic Shutdown

Dr. Mohan Shahane

Dr. Mohan Shahane

Dr. Mohan Shahane

Four Walls is a story inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s Doll’s house and Dr. Rajeev Naik’s Manoos ghar. It is a riveting tale of a couple going thru’ an emotional roller coaster. Are the same values we held decades ago valid in today’s world? Is definition of home still the same? Four walls explores this delicate relationship between a man and a woman, in a cotemporary and non-conventional way. Does one really know who they really are?

Adarsh Gupta, Paresh Parekh

Makrand Bhave, Madhuwanti Bhat, Seema Shahane, Rahul Oza

Yogesh Soman

Madhuwanti Bhat

Sanjay Shelye

When Ria is forced by her parents to visit a stranger, Abhay, to learn from him, it becomes abundantly clear that it will be a tough road of learning and adapting to each other. With unique challenges faced by the student and the teacher, they embark on a journey of building trust with a lot of unknown space between them.

Dr. Mohan Shahane, Adarsh Gupta, Poornima Hadap, Neepa Shelye

Madhuwanti Bhat, Ashutosh Hadap

Ashok Ambardekar

Meera Narasimhan

Ashok Ambardekar

We all have come across people with Alzheimer. If a patient was a close family member, and you were the care giver, you must have thought of having some magical cure. This play set in near future is a fantasy where such a cure become a reality.

Radhika Hari Kumar, Smitha Gopinath, Pranav Pandya, Subhankar Banerjee, Madhuri Subramaniam, Nachiket Dharker, Sarthak Bhatt, Paresh Parekh

Amruta Kale, Sanjay Kumar, Nalini Mirajkar, Rkhi Bhatia Tuslani, Anand Jain

Priyam Jani

Adarsh Gupta

Ashok Ambardekar

The play is a confrontation between a wife and the other woman. The husband, Kanhaiya is a documentary filmmaker well respected in film industry and in the upper crust of society. He is married to a soft-spoken and mild-mannered woman raised in a wealthy respectable family. The young wife hears about Kanhaiya’s tryst with the other woman and finds her marriage of six years on a shaky ground. She must save her marriage. She must save Kanhaiya from mud-slinging on his character. She must save the family’s prestige and reputation. With so much pressure on her shoulder, the wife gathers all her courage and goes knocking on the other woman’s door. The play opens as the other woman answers the knock on her door… to a confrontation that is intense, abusive, poetic, eye-opening and humane

Nachiket Dharker, Rashmi Sahasrabudhe, Jishna Ganguly

Madhavi Tawde-Bhosale, Shweta Amre Javehrani

Prithvinath Sharma

Leena Paul

Rajiv Paul

A short 30 minutes light comedy on mistaken identity. A person comes to stay at a house as a guest hoping to get some peaceful time to write his book. However, he is pulled in by the host into doing all odd chores in the house and also his personal items taken away from him and his money being asked for. So, what happens after that, how does the “Mehmaan” handle the situation.... The power of play is comedy and its presentation and delivery.

Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh, Manoj Thakkar

Rajiv Paul, Payal Jain, Purvi Thakker, Ansh Kasana, Sandeep Phadke, Ram Randad

Ambar Hardap

Ranjit Deshmukh

Sujata Deshmukh

The play is set in a deserted old house near graveyard. It is a dark and rainy night. The room is poorly lit, only 3-4 candles light the room. A woman and a man are waiting for somebody. The two doctors are about to come. The man wants to make a phone call and woman tells him to go inside the other room. She starts putting out the candles one by one. When a man asks her about the reason, she says she prefers to sit in complete darkness. When the two doctors come in the house, they find it very creepy. The woman tells them that she is a psychic and can talk to ghosts. She says she knows about the death of Sarah. Who is Sarah, what has happened to her? Who is this woman and why has she called all of them in that house? Nobody can tell what will happen when black magic and planchet is involved! To find the answers, watch this horror suspense thriller show, Black Game.

Yogesh Vaidya, Ranjit Deshmukh, Amit Gurjar, Amit Patwardhan

Deepak Bhagwat, Atul Patki, Sanyukta Deshmukh, Abhijit Walvekar, Niranjan Limaye

Yogesh Soman

Padmini Taskar

Dilip Parikh

This is a story of four friends (2 boys and 2 girls) who have come to the US to pursue their graduate studies. Ajay (main character), Anil are roommates. Minal and Shweta are in the same building. The scene is set depicting an apartment where the two boys reside. Date April 1st; Ajay has been working on his thesis submission until the wee hours of the morning and has dozed off on the couch. Anil hurriedly wakes up Ajay as he is scheduled to meet his mentor to discuss his thesis project. Minal and Swetha enter the house. Anil is looking for cigarette meanwhile, Ajay had puffed the entire packet during the night working and listening to Kishore Kumar songs. This angers Anil who decides to teach Ajay a lesson. Ajay, who was very close to his mother is always angered and hostile when someone spoke of or about his father. His friends were well aware of this behavior and decided to use his father to prank him on April 1st. Swetha very reluctantly agrees to play along. The boys convince A

Paresh Parekh, Adarsh Gupta, Mamta Kukreti

Minal Dabre, Kimaya Varde, Sandeep Sawant, Rohit Kolhatkar

Fritz Karinthy

Nachiket Dharker

Krishna S. Murti

The Refund is the story of Fritz Wasserkopf, a mediocre student who grew up to be a bad performer in the workplace. Unemployed and flat broke, he takes seizes on a former classmate’s contemptuous remark that school taught him nothing. Wasserkopf returns to school, confronts the Principal, Mrs. Else Hoffer, and demands a re-examination - to demonstrate his ignorance. Wasserkopf wants a refund of his tuition, once he fails the re-examination. The Principal is frightened at the prospect of the scandal that Wasserkopf’s demands could cause; but the Math teacher, Mr. Richter, is not rattled. He is smarter than the Principal, quickly sizes up the situation and takes charge to save the school. Watch what happens next as the teachers foil and frustrate Weisskopf…..

Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh, Adarsh Gupta

Govind Modi, Rashmi Dham, Raju Iyer, Vikrum Kolluru, Nachiket Dharker, Sanjay Kumar, Krishna S. Murti, Kshama Bute-Shinde

Uday Krishna

Mamta Kukreti, Adarsh Gupta

Mamta Kukreti, Uday Krishna

The play/story is about conflict between belief and “science” conveyed through this 1 story about an old lady and her son. The key plot points, although mentioned in the synopsis directly, is unraveled bit by bit through conversations and situations in the play. Amma, as she is fondly called, is a lady in a small town in India who believes she is communicating with her son via email. In a family gathering, she is reminded by her dear ones (daughter, son-in-law, brother and nephew) that her son has actually died few months back. He drowned somewhere in a river in US is what the authorities told them all. Amma refuses to believe it but upon further discussion ends up accepting it, however, she now believes it’s his ‘spirit’ that is talking to her via email. She is told by the nephew that it probably is an automated email system (artificial intelligence based) created by her son before he died. The nephew sets out on identifying and tracking the software system to prove it to her. In th

Paresh Parekh, Nitin Shinde, Adarsh Gupta, Nachiket Dharker, Mamta Kukreti

Meera Narasimhan, Shalu Jain Varma, Sumeir Soni, Ajay Rawat, Sandhaya Shankarnarayan, Rakhi Bhatia

Krishna S. Murti, Vikram Kolluru

Adarsh Gupta

Adarsh Gupta

“Visit India through Folk Dances”, A Folk Dance Program “Celebrating Diversity of India” - Natya Bharati presents art forms from various regions of India through folk dances. Dance, being a part of human life from the primitive to the most cultured communities, appears to have evolved even before we began to speak or paint. While the primitive man performed the dance combining reality with the deity, the cultured man performed the dance for pleasure and for the expression of art. Dances of India comprises numerous styles of dances, generally classified as classical or folk. As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country.

Avantika Gupta, Austin Sincock, Ved Gupta, Guneet Banga, Rashmi Dham, Subhankar Banerjee, Nachiket Dharker, Mamta Kukreti, Gregory Sincock

Avantika Gupta, Lakshmi Babu, Chandra Kumar, Namrata Prasad, Purvi Bhatt, Lumbini Bora, Manoj Thakkar, Archana Vardhan, Shweta Mishra, Nalini Mirajkar, Aarav Kasana, Jothi Prasad, Purvi Thakkar, Sumana Sarkar, Ram Randad, Priyasha Kapoor, Sonali Seth, Mini Pillai, Rajiv Paul, Ashwini Lata, Vinita Tiwari, Bharat Deolekar, Chitra Krishnamurti, Sindhu Nizampatnam, Sanjeev Singhal, Meeta Bhatnagar, Madhuri Subramaniam, Sujal Lagowala, Vani Subodh

Sonalee Hardikar, Shubhra Prakash

Hypocrite Theatre Company

Sonalee Hardikar

The Music In My Blood “once you have become a musician, you cannot unbecome.” The great maestros who have given their life to Classical Indian Music do not hesitate to admit that they have only just begun. “Music in My Blood” explores the world of Classical Indian Music through drama. A music that deeply stirs the emotions of a listener and demands great sacrifice from its students and depicts the resistance of youth and their coming back to their roots. Music in my blood tries to trace the havoc that changing times wreaks on tradition, the change in the purpose of why art should be pursued, what was once a free-flowing medium used to describe the divine, infinite, how did it transform into a single rendition, copyrighted and sealed version that can make millions? The play is a documentation of what happens when ambitions and genius are pitted against each other, when barriers constructed to shield and protect, become barriers that keep the loved ones locked out, and most of

Adarsh Gupta, Hypocrite Theatre Company

Miriam Eusebio, Meera Narasimhan, Ariaki Dandawate, Gautam Gurnani, Aanya Rastogi, Sumend Wankhade, Michael Gentile, Richa Rudola

Krishna S. Murti, Vikram Kolluru

Adarsh Gupta

Adarsh Gupta

For the past 30 years, IDRF has been a leading organization working to alleviate poverty in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka by empowering disadvantaged communities with infrastructure, skills and resources necessary to improve development in those areas. For this occasion, Natya Bharati presented art forms from various regions of India through folk dances. Dance, being a part of human life from the primitive to the most cultured communities, appears to have evolved even before we began to speak or paint. While the primitive man performed the dance combining reality with the deity, the cultured man performed the dance for pleasure and for the expression of art. India is a land of varied cultures and traditions. Diversities in all spheres make the Indian culture quite unique. Indian folk and tribal dances are product of different socio-economic set up and traditions. Indian folk and tribal dances are simple and are performed to express joy. Folk dances are accompanied by folk music in

Nachiket Dharker, Paresh Parekh

Pallavi Talek, Bharat Deolekar, Pavani Reddy, Sreedatta Banerjee, Neema Bist, Monika Chaturvedi, Nalini Mirajkar, Meeta Bhatnagar, Sonali Seth, Shweta Mishra, Lumbini Bora, Lakshmi Babu, Purvi Bhatt, Radha Datta, Purvi Thakkar, Madhuri Subramaniam

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Vikram Kolluru

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

When we truly see beyond stereotypes …we get to know a new person. We realize we are nothing but a reflection of others. During the course of this one-and-a-half-hour play, you’ll meet eight characters who feel no different than you or I…

Aditya Mahante, Onkar Naik, Jitu Manjunath, Sandeep Sawant, Chetna Gola, Adarsh Gupta, Praveen Javehrani, Aditi Thite, Girish Shetty, Vaidu Iyer

Ketaki Pange, Sangeeta Agrawal, Priti Pamnani, Vishwas, Guneet Banga, Sonia Naik, Manoj Tiwari, Anirudh Srirangam, Vinay Sanapala, Pushkar Vartak

Vijay Tendulkar

Deepti Rattan

Sushil Rattan

This nautanki style of theater is the vehicle for this *musical-all-the-way*... simple story, enjoyable music, and Tendulkar like you've never seen before! Once upon a time, there was a small little place called Bambampur! The King and his young Queen and childless and sad. The Royal Physician prescribes a special herbal medicine for what ails them – however, the medicine cannot be made without the most essential ingredient: pasina! insaan ka pasina! This play is written for children, though acted by adults, it provides fun and entertainment to all ages.

Adarsh Gupta, Paresh Parekh, Mamta Kukreti

Suma Muralidhar, Gauri Nerurkar, Kshama Bute-Shinde, Rajiv Paul, Saket Gune, Anamitro Banerjee, Dinesh Menon, Sumeet Nerurkar, Pushkar Vartak, Ravi Bhave, Smitha Gopinath, Ajay Rawat, Sanjay Kumar, Suhana Raphael, Madhuri Subramaniam, Minal Jain, Shweta Amre Javehrani, Rashmi Sahasrabudhe, Sangeeta Simlote

Nisha Narayan

Avantika Gupta

Deepti Rattan

BACHCHON KI ADALAT was an original Natya Bharati production, written and directed by Nisha Narayan and produced by Avantika Gupta, which charmed audiences all around the DC area with its story and actors, featuring children ranging from the age of 4 to 16. While we had attempted to bring variety of plays entertaining and enriching our adult audience, we felt it was time for us to create a theater experiences that educate, challenge and inspire young people as well. Goal was to provide a fun, yet safe and caring environment where the excitement of the theater is shared by all. Also to help children develop enthusiasm, confidence, self-esteem, communication and social skills while expanding Natya Bharati's outreach to next generation. Gist of the play - Everybody has heard of the Supreme Court, Small claims court, even a people's court. Now, we invite you to take an inside peek into what a court convened by children, for children, with a child-appointed judge, feels, looks, and soun

Paresh Parekh, Adarsh Gupta, Mamta Kukreti

Shyla Agarwal, Saili Nitin Shinde, Ashna Bhatia, Shirom Kumar, Kunal Agarwal, Meera Narasimhan, Ansh Kasana, Reetika Banerjee, Sohan Jalil, Divya Mathur, Urjit Galera, Myra Verma, Siya Narain, Deep Mathur, Shikhar Kumar

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Vikram Kolluru

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

When we truly see beyond stereotypes …we get to know a new person. We realize we are nothing but a reflection of others. During the course of this one-and-a-half-hour play, you’ll meet eight characters who feel no different than you or I…

Praveen Javehrani, Aditi Thite, Girish Shetty, Vaidu Iyer, Aditya Mahante, Onkar Naik, Jitu Manjunath, Sandeep Sawant, Chetna Gola, Adarsh Gupta

Vinay Sanapala, Vishwas, Sonia Naik, Manoj Tiwari, Sangeeta Agrawal, Pushkar Vartak, Guneet Banga, Ketaki Pange

Aizzah Fatima

Adarsh Gupta

Erica Gould

Different characters. All of whom are confronting the intersection of tradition and modernity as Muslim women are represented in DIRTY PAKI LINGERIE, Aizzah Fatima’s solo play which has been performed in New York City at the Flea Theater as well as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many other venues. Whether it is Selma, a send-generation, hhijab-wearing feminist grappling with her Muslim practice and desire to please her new husband with sexy lingerie, or Asma, a Pakistani immigrant mother searching for her daughter’s future husband in the Urdu Times Matrimonial section, Fatima embodies the complex interplay between heritage and contemporary society. With humor and grace, Fatima offers portraits of women whose voices need be heard. Dirty Paki Lingerie is a solo play by Aizzah Fatima that shows different characters, all of whom are confronting the intersection of tradition and modernity as Muslim women. Fatima embodies the complex interplay between heritage and contemporary soci

Stephen Dobay, Johnathan Cottle, Cabina Gillitt, Kevin Brouder, David Glista

Aizzah Fatima

Dipti Mehta

Adarsh Gupta

Mark Cirnigliaro

HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan is a fun, poignant and deeply moving coming of age story of a girl in a brothel. Paired with Apne Aap, an organization dedicated to the end of the sex trade, Honour delves into a child's life pushed to the brink. Will she escape her fate? Visit India's red light district and meet the eunuch, priest, pimp, mother and daughter who call it home. A fun and poignant look at the exotic, dangerous life of Mumbai's real-life brothels and why they exist.

Scott Westervalt, Paresh Parekh, Jason Flamos, Matt Bittner, Monica Kapoor

Dipti Mehta

Ashok Ambardekar

Adarsh Gupta, Amol Fulambarkar

Ashok Ambardekar

A prolific writer Vishram Saigal professed… Life is full of extra ordinary moments. Some are good others are bad but always unexpected. They just appear from nowhere and hit you. Where do they come from? Some hidden hollows you didn’t even know existed around you? These moments invoke aspirations and dreams but some can destroy too… Life does not spare Vishram either and a calamitous stroke of such a moment hits him... shakes him to the core. From top of the Literary world Vishram comes tumbling on a downward spiral. How low will this steep descent take him? How will it shape The Final Chapter of the book...his life?

Krishna S. Murti, Aditi Thite, Paresh Parekh, Ashmita Pradhan, Adarsh Gupta, Mamta Kukreti, Anurag Mehta, Vikram Kolluru, Madhuri Subramaniam, Akhil Modha, Praveen Javehrani

Shrikant Ektare, Shruthy Shetty, Beena Kurane, Ahsan Zulfiqar, Sanjay Kumar, Rashmi Sahasrabudhe, Shampa Basu, Uday Krishna

Nishi Chawla

Adarsh Gupta, Mamta Kukreti

Professor David Rothman

These are exciting times as we embark on celebrating “WOMEN”! In keeping with the times, Natya Bharati is proud to bring you our next venture about an empowered woman who was the strength behind the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. She is Kasturba Gandhi. Kasturba is an epitome of women who were the backbones of leaders that they supported, and without whom, the leaders could probably not have reached the pinnacles of their successes. Some of these women, while strong personalities, remained behind the scenes, and some were even lost in the annals of history. One such woman was Kasturba, or “Ba” as many fondly called her. Aside from being known as Mahatma Gandhi’s wife, not much is known about Kasturba. Who was she? What was her relationship like - with - Her husband? Her family? Find out this Fall, when Natya Bharati presents its second 2016 production KASTURBA versus GANDHI, written by Dr. Nishi Chawla, a former professor of English Literature at the Universe

Paresh Parekh

Neha Bhavnagarwala, Girish Shetty, Beena Kurane, Madhavi Reddi, Rajiv Paul, Deep Gandhi, Bethany Rishell, Stuti Banerjee, Firoze Bhavnagarwala, Ketaki Pange, Mahesh Radhakrishnan

Vijay Tendulkar

Adarsh Gupta, Meera Narasimhan

Pushpa Agnihotri, Umesh Agnihotri

A satirical social play, Jaati Hi Poochho Sadhu Ki is one of Vijay Tendulkar's famous plays. It highlights the plight and predicament still faced by those who belong to a lower caste/class. The story is told through Mahipat, the protagonist of the play. He wants to move up, tries all means, but can't, despite having acquired University education. The biggest hurdle on his way up is his caste. Mahipat's story seems to be relevant in the Indian subcontinent, more so in today's India, when the country is making big strides in economic and political fields. But as far as caste is concerned, the mindset of most of the people has not changed much.

Paresh Parekh, Rakesh Tandon, Madhuri Subramaniam, Shreya Sawant, Pranav Pandya, Neeru Tandon, Nisha Narayan, Umesh Agnihotri

Sridhar Mirajkar, Javed Boota, Ajay Rawat, Raju Ali, Jigeshwar Patel, Sandeep Sawant, Vaidu Iyer, Ravi Harapanhalli, Shashank Modi, Krishna Kumar, Manoj Tiwari, Jayant Tripathi, Govind Modi, Virat Khanpandi, Neha Agnihotri Pania, Ramesh Sood, Gaurav Sharma

Sarbpreet Singh, J Mehr Kaur

Sikh Research Institute

Sarbpreet Singh, J Mehr Kaur

Kultar’s Mime is an immersive theater experience, which draws upon poetry, painting and music to tell the story of four young children who were victims of the 1984 Delhi massacre.

Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh

Geena Forristall, Rose Fieschko, Ross Magnant, Cassandra DeMarco, Sydney Grant, Ben Gutman

Padamshree K.P. Saxena

Dalvinder Multani

Goldie Manocha

Gaj Fut inch deals with the deeper emotions of a shy, adolescent Tillu, whose life is wholly involved in the family business and like a typical calculating businessman, his world is limited to profits, lucre and revenues. He has never encountered love in life, still he emerges a winner because Jugni (his fiancé) accepts him the way he is. The situation becomes hilarious when the father starts to teach Tillu about ways to impress a girl.

Dalvinder Multani, Goldie Manocha, Paresh Parekh

Paresh Parekh, Ashima Aryal, Beena Kurane, Amritpal Kaur, Swati Sinha, Vikrum Mathur

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Ishita Chaudhari

Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Let Me Flow is a remarkable one-act play about life. Its the touching story of a man and a woman who together struggle through sorrow to find hope. The raw, heartfelt and daringly honest dialogue in the play makes an emotional connection with the audience, and definitely leaves you with much to think about. Write-up on Director: First time writer & director Mitu Tiwari Raphael has been involved with theater for nearly 15 years now. As an actor she has had the privilege to work with incredibly talent directors, who just through their imagination, brought memorable characters and plays to life. It is her hope to follow their lead.

Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh, Adarsh Gupta

Shweta Amre Javehrani, Gopi Ganji, Guneet Banga, Mehul Gulati

Dibyendu Paul

Mita Paul

Dibyendu Paul

A father from Mumbai visits his daughter in the Washington DC area. It’s been six weeks since he has been here, and there are four more weeks to go. The father is getting restless while the daughter keeps saying, “I’m so happy you’re here, Papa”. The son-in-law cares for him and treats him well. Things look up in the mornings and evenings when there are people in the house. But the emptiness and the silence in the middle of the day gets the better of him. The father wants to leave as he is ardently missing his association with Mumbai—his own flat, the people, the hullabaloo, and the circumstances he is more comfortable with. What he misses the most is his ability to do things or to go somewhere independently. Is he a well-treated first class prisoner in his daughter’s house? Is he stuck?

Mita Paul, Mamta Kukreti

Shampa Basu, Arindam Ghosh

Vijay Tendulkar

Deepti Rattan

Sushil Rattan, Guri Bagga

Once upon a time, there was a small little place called bambampur! The King and his young Queen are childless and sad. The Royal Physician prescribes a special herbal medicine for what ails them - however, the medicine cannot be made without the most essential ingredient: pasina! insaan ka pasina!! And so begins *the quest* initiated by the political need to ensure the kingdom has continuity of control / leadership, meandering through the various hues and flavors of the denizens’ lives - fittingly facilitated by a foursome of fun-loving narrators - and culminating in a climax of…?? The nautanki style of theater is the vehicle for this *musical-all-the-way*... simple story, enjoyable music, and Tendulkar like you've never seen before!

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Ajay Rawat, Vikram Kolluru, K. R. Balasubramaniam, Rajiv Paul, Rutvij Pandya, Sandeep Sawant, Raju Iyer, Suhana Raphael, Nivedita Bawa, Anamitro Banerjee, Suma Muralidhar, Ram Randad, Ravi Bhave, Prerna Mohod-Kadu, Reetika Banerjee, Sushil Rattan, Sonia Gehlot, Mukesh Bhatt

Dorothy Parker

Pinky Fafadia

Anshita Kumar

Here We Are, set in the 1930s, provides a glimpse into the lives of a couple as they begin their journey as newlyweds aboard a train heading for New York City. The couple is eager to begin their literal and figurative journey on a positive note; however nervous anticipation and personal expectations lead to misunderstandings. Will the husband dismiss his wife's reflections as that of an anxious bride? Will she allow herself to be consumed by her insecurities? Through quips and squabbles, Here We Are attends to the difficulties of marriage and explores the often unspoken experience of newlyweds.

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Lubna Alam, Badar Tareen

Ashok Patole

Manju Gupta

Vijay Deshpande, Lalita Deshpande

This is a farcical comedy, intertwined with fantasy. It is a story of a middle class couple, Pratima and Rajkumar Lele. Lately, Raj is afflicted with a strange malady –whatever he looks at just before going to sleep, it appears in his dream and then actually materializes. This of course creates havoc on his domestic front. Raj desperately seeks the help of his buddy Chander who, in a humorous way, adds to confusion. Pratima suspects that Raj is having an affair and Raj is unable to convince her otherwise. Subsequently, Pratima believes Raj’s story after witnessing the surprising outcome of one of his dreams. Pratima retains a psychiatrist to treat Raj. A somewhat shady character with questionable credentials, the Doctor figures out Raj’s problem and then hatches a scheme to take advantage of Raj’s bizarre condition. The ensuing drama creates outrageous situations and ends up with unexpected but hilarious results.

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Pranav Pandya, Hemant Anikhindi, Sridhar Mirajkar, Manoj Tiwari, Chetna Gola, Ashish Pandit, Goldie Manocha, Sher Bahadur, Yatin Gola

Rajat Kapoor (Bollywood)

Adarsh Gupta

Rajat Kapoor (Bollywood)

A story of a common man which is Nothing like Lear is the story of a man, an old gibberish-talking clown. It is the journey of his life. Director Rajat Kapoor employs a solitary character in this play, played superbly by Vinay Pathak on stage. The play borrows various themes from Shakespeare’s King Lear like appearance versus reality, nature, blindness, madness, betrayal, relationships, compassion and reconciliation and stitches them with the clown’s own experiences as a child growing up, his relationship with his father and brother, and more importantly his estranged relationship with his now grown up daughter. The setting is contemporary Indian and simple with the clown in a baggy suit holding a briefcase and a water bottle.

Mamta Kukreti, Adarsh Gupta, Meera Narasimhan

Vinay Pathak (Bollywood)

Sudipta Bhawmik

Madhuri Subramaniam

Manoj Tiwari

Set in the backdrop of the beautiful, the mysterious and the thrilling Taconic Parkway in New York, the play explores the fine line between reality and fantasy and the circumstances that push that line, time and again. A seemingly routine life of an Indian - American couple turns astray when a visitor, a well-known movie star from Bengal, India, arrives in their midst. As the play unfolds, deep, dark secrets from the past are unraveled layer by layer, leaving the audience in shock and wonder.

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Anamitro Banerjee, Sushil Rattan, Suma Muralidhar

Ankush Nayar

Guneet Banga

Ankush Nayar

The greatest love story ever bowled. For the Love of Cricket is one-act comedy, written by Ankush Nayar, examining the lives of two local South Asian families and their love for cricket! The Singhs from India and the Khans from Pakistan own rival gas stations and cannot stand one another. When the World Cup of Cricket - the Super Bowl of the sport - gets underway and India is pitted against Pakistan, it’s an opportunity for bragging rights for each side. Matters get complicated though when two star-crossed lovers from each family find their loyalties torn as their feelings for one another begin to unfold.

Guneet Banga, Madhuri Subramaniam, Adarsh Gupta

Shilpa Chakravarthy, Sridhar Mirajkar, Virag Desai, Long Tran, Sangeeta Agrawal, Rahul Reddy, Govind Modi

Dr. Pali Bhupinder Singh

Deepti Rattan, Mamta Kukreti

Dalvinder Multani

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Soniya Arya, Paul Singh, Amrit Paul "Ruby", Goldie Manocha, Dalvinder Multani

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Rajiv Paul

Rajiv Paul

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Chhaya Lagowala, Ram Randad, Vaidu Iyer, Purvi Thakkar, Sujal Lagowala, Kunjan Butala

Siddharth Kumar

Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Tiwari

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Manoj Tiwari, Pranav Pandya

Gopi Ganji, Pranav Pandya, Priya Wasnikar, Krishna S. Murti

Rahul Varma

Epic Actors' Workshop

Joanna Shermann

On the night or Dec 2 – 3, 1984, the Union Carbide Pesticide plant located in Bhopal India, exploded releasing toxic fumes that engulfed the city. Men, women and children died like flies. I first learnt about this disastrous explosion on the TV screen in Montreal Canada. The next day, newspapers brought images of mass destruction of lives. The city was littered with dead bodies and bodies gripped in pain. Bhopal had become the largest peace-time gas chamber in history.

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Epic Actors' Workshop

A.D. Joshi

Manoj Tiwari

Dilip Parikh

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Dilip Parikh, Gaurav Basu, Govind Modi, Soniya Arya, Vikram Kolluru, Priya Wasnikar

Nisha Narayan

Manoj Tiwari

Nisha Narayan

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Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh, Abhishek Narain, Adarsh Narayan, Aditya Narain

Rita Pahwa, Niyati Pandya, Avantika Gupta, Goldie Manocha, Pranav Pandya, Abheshek Narain, Ramesh Sood, Anamitro Banerjee

Late Chetan Datar

Vijay Kenkre

Mona Ambegaonkar

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Sunila Pradhan

Clemens Maedge (German)

Mamta Kukreti, Adarsh Gupta, Pushpa Dashottar

Amol Palekar (Bollywood), Sandhaya Gokhale

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Paresh Parekh, Mamta Kukreti

Meera Narasimhan, Vikrum Mathur

Padma Shri Vijaydan Detha

Mamta Kukreti, Adarsh Gupta, Pushpa Dashottar

Amol Palekar (Bollywood)

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Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh

Deepti Rattan, Beena Kurane, Swati Sinha, Dalvinder Multani, Madhuri Subramaniam, Ashok Sarin, Goldie Manocha, Chetna Gola

Mohan Rakesh

Pushpa Dashottar, Mamta Kukreti

Amol Palekar (Bollywood)

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Dalvinder Multani, Suma Muralidhar, Ashok Sarin, Madhuri Subramaniam, Manoj Tiwari, Subodh Sen, Guneet Banga, Rajiv Paul, Sushil Rattan, Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Sudipta Bhawmik

Mamta Kukreti

Suma Muralidhar

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Meera Narasimhan, Chetna Gola, Jay Tipnis, Rajiv Paul, Pranav Pandya, Subodh Sen, Suresh Kodolikar, Madhuri Subramaniam

Arthur Miller

Pushpa Dashottar

Manoj Tiwari

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Manoj Singh, Subodh Sen, Sridhar Mirajkar, Mamta Kukreti, Nisha Narayan, Krishna S. Murti, Raja Bhandari

Arthur Miller

Pushpa Dashottar

Manoj Tiwari

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Raja Bhandari, Manoj Singh, Subodh Sen, Sridhar Mirajkar, Mamta Kukreti, Nisha Narayan, Krishna S. Murti

Mahesh Dattani

Adarsh Gupta

T. Srikantaiah

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Alka Khanna, Suma Muralidhar, Subodh Sen, Manoj Tiwari, Mitu Tiwari Raphael

Padma Vibhushan Mahashweta Devi

Adarsh Gupta, Rangan Artists

Usha Ganguli

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Adarsh Gupta, Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh

Rangan Artists

Sujit Saraf

Adarsh Gupta

Krishna S. Murti

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Subodh Sen, Nisha Narayan, Ram Patla, Dilip Parikh, Pranav Pandya, Kosha Parekh, Meera Narasimhan, Urvashi Verma, Raju Iyer

Suresh Jairam

Amita Tiwari, Neeru Tandon

Jay Tipnis

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Shekhar Tipnis, Mamta Kukreti

Nalini Mirajkar, Subodh Sen, Shekhar Tipnis, Praful Taylor, Mona Tandon, Paresh Parekh

Girish Karnad

Mamta Kukreti

Pranav Pandya

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Meera Narasimhan, Subodh Sen, Alka Khanna, Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Suma Muralidhar, Manoj Tiwari

Girish Karnad

Mamta Kukreti

Sunila Pradhan

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Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Alka Khanna, Sridhar Mirajkar, Suma Muralidhar, Shekhar Tipnis, Meera Narasimhan

Chetan Datar

Manoj Tiwari

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Sunila Pradhan

Chetna Gola, Abhishek Lal, Krishna S. Murti, Sudha Chopra

Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Tiwari

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Sridhar Mirajkar, Pranav Pandya, Jay Tipnis, Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Nalini Mirajkar, Vikrum Mathur, BK Suri, Niyati Pandya, Nikitasha Marwah

P.L. Deshpande

Suma Muralidhar

Shekhar Tipnis

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Raju Iyer, Alka Khanna, Natasha Pancholi, Jay Tipnis, Kalpana Tipnis, Raju Kasture, Suresh Kodolikar, Amruta Kale, Shekhar Tipnis, Usha Agate, Pranav Pandya

Vasant Kanetkar

Mamta Kukreti

Raju Iyer, Vijay Deshpande

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Manjula Kumar, Shekhar Tipnis, Priya Jagadeesh, Jay Tipnis, Sridhar Mirajkar, Suma Muralidhar

Sudha Chopra

Nisha Narayan, Adarsh Gupta

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Mamta Kukreti, Paresh Parekh, Adarsh Gupta

Abhishek Lal, Nisha Narayan, Krishna S. Murti, Naveen Pathak, Manoj Tiwari, Sangeeta Agrawal, Mohan Gadre, Gopal Yadav, Sridhar Mirajkar, Preeta Goel, Naveen Pathak, Nalini Mirajkar, Jay Tipnis, Suma Muralidhar, Anil Gulati, Ramamurthy Adimoolam, Matthew Zoks

Upendra Nath Ashq

Adarsh Gupta, Nisha Narayan

Krishna S. Murti

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Paresh Parekh, Mamta Kukreti, Adarsh Gupta

Narain Mathur, Abhishek Lal, Niyati Pandya, Chetna Gola, Paresh Parekh, Nisha Narayan

Rajendra Kumar Sharma

Vasanthi Athavale

Vasanthi Athavale

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Govind Modi, Rahul Seth, Sangeeta Agrawal, Vedant Modi

Jaywant Dalvi

Suresh Kodolikar

Manoj Tiwari

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Vijay Deshpande, Manju Gupta, Rahul Seth, Saurabh Tak, Lalita Deshpande, Govind Modi, Raju Iyer, Chetna Gola, Pranav Pandya, Dilip Parikh, Sangeeta Agrawal

Ratnakar Matkari

Kishan Banga

Vasanthi Athavale

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Chetna Gola, Goldie Manocha, Krishna S. Murti, Shakuntala Rajguru

Shankar Shesh

Kishan Banga

Vijay Deshpande

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Sridhar Mirajkar, Ashok Sarin, Bhupender Sehgal, Suma Muralidhar, Preeta Goel

Shankar Shesh

Shekhar Tipnis, Kalpana Tipnis

Sunila Pradhan

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Vijay Deshpande, Suresh Kodolikar, Shaila Rau, Nanda Srikantiah, Suma Muralidhar, Pranav Pandya, Jay Tipnis, Alka Khanna, Lalita Deshpande, Dilip Parikh

Shankar Shesh

Manju Gupta

Shekhar Tipnis

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Sangeeta Agrawal, Vikram Nehru, Alka Khanna, Ashok Batra, Pranav Pandya, Abhishek Narayan

Mohan Rakesh

Theater Unit (India)

Satyadev Dube, Chetan Datar

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Theater Unit (India)

Mukund Kamerkar, Sunila Pradhan, Meena Nerukar, Amrish Puri (Bollywood), Priya Mishra

Bhishm Sahani

Kishan Banga

Vasanthi Athavale

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Krishna S. Murti, Sangeeta Agrawal, Raj Hajela, Hemant Anikhindi, Nisha Narayan, Naveen Pathak

Manoj Mitra

Shekhar Tipnis

Umesh Agnihotri

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Gopal Yadav, Goldie Manocha, Manoj Tiwari, Raj Hajela, Bhupender Sehgal, Jay Parikh, Paresh Parekh, Sundeep Suri, Javed Boota, Neha Agnihotri Pania, Pushpa Agnihotri

Prem Jullundry

Manju Gupta

Sushma Sarin, Ashok Sarin

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Raj Hajela, Sanjay Suri, Simi Bhandari, Nisha Narayan, Priya Miller, Krishan Banga, Vikram Nehru, Raj Bhatia, Manoj Tiwari, Anjali Gulati, Anil Gulati, Suma Muralidhar, Mansoor Ahmed, Amit Taskar, Renu Suri, Pushpa Dashottar, Alka Khanna, Shashi Kalra

Ashok Sarin, Anil Gulati, Kiran Gupta

Vihang Mehta

Krishna S. Murti, Pushpa Dashottar

Pranav Pandya

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Javed Boota, Pranav Pandya

Rajesh N Reddy

Pushpa Dashottar, Krishna S. Murti

Manoj Tiwari

10th Anniversary

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Mitesh Dave, Neha Agnihotri Pania, Mitu Tiwari Raphael, Paresh Parekh, Tina Sales, Vivek Gupta, Ali Shoaib Hasan, Raj Hajela, Meera Narasimhan

Badal Sircar

Pushpa Dashottar, Krishna S. Murti

Srinivas Mirle

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Anupama Mirle, Manjula Kumar, Ranjana Bharagava, Deepa Srikantaiah, Meera Krishnan

Badal Sircar

Pushpa Dashottar

Umesh Agnihotri

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Ameet Taskar, Anju Malhotra, Mohan Gadre, Jolly Kanwar, Javed Boota, Shahida Kazmi, Krishna S. Murti, Paresh Parekh, Naveed Hasan, Sibtain Kazmi, Harsh Pandit, Alka Khanna, Waris Husain, Ali Shoaib Hasan, Pushpa Agnihotri, Vijay Rawat

Asghar Wajahat

Manoj Tiwari, Pushpa Dashottar

Vasanthi Athavale, Umesh Agnihotri

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Rita Mitra, Anil Gulati, Sanjay Suri, Shimaliya Agnihotri, Manoj Tiwari, Sibtain Kazmi, Edward Dean, Ali Shoaib Hasan, Jaydeep Parikh, Pushpa Agnihotri, Ashok Sarin, Reggie Miller, Krishna S. Murti, Manjula Kumar, Rajendra Bhatia, Noon Naghmi

Vijay Tendulkar

Kalpana Tipnis

Shekhar Tipnis

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Vikram Nehru, Shekhar Tipnis, Dilip Parikh, Manju Gupta, Alka Khanna, Srinivas Mirle, Ameet Taskar, Krishna S. Murti, Kishan Banga

Badal Sircar

Ashok Ambardekar

Dipu Bhaumik

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Monika Samtani, Krishna S. Murti, Timir Mukherjee, Shree Ayengar, Raj Bhatia, Vivek Gupta

Surendra Verma

Anil Gulati, Lalita Deshpande

Manjula Kumar

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Manjula Kumar, Reggie Miller, Manoj Tiwari, Meera Narasimhan, Ashok Sarin, Ameet Taskar, Shobhana Nundy, Subhash Karmarkar

Vijay Tendulkar

Shree Ayengar

Umesh Agnihotri

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Manoj Tiwari, Shimaliya Agnihotri, Urmila Prasad, Pranav Pandya, Vijay Deshpande, Arvind Bhand, Pushpa Agnihotri, Timir Mukherjee

Dileep Pardeshi

Manjula Kumar

Shekhar Tipnis

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Anil Gulati, Mohan Gadre, Ashok Ambardekar, Anil Mathur, Pranav Pandya, Lalita Deshpande, Geeta Oberoi, Manoj Tiwari

P. K. Atre

Kishan Banga, Anjali Gulati

Vasanthi Athavale

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Manjula Kumar, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Shailesh Rajguru, Prabha Bhambri, Subhash Karmarkar, Anil Gulati, Krishna S. Murti, Geeta Oberoi, Nupur Dashottar, Manoj Tiwari, Subhash Shirole

Vijay Deshpande, T. Srikantaiah

Archana Surana

T. Srikantaiah

Based on a dramatic subplot of the epic Mahabharata" this play revolves around the concepts of sense and clarity of purpose, conflicts of loyalty, and ego. The main message is to depict strong values for a cohesive social system such as trust, honor (keeping one's word), power of dedication and determination. Indians traditionally believe in the supremacy of "the holy trinity" three persons in one' s life: the mother, the fathe1r, and the teacher. This play focuses on the element of dedication to one' s guru. " Ekalavya" transforms the Indian mythological theme into a contemporary human drama. Even the focus on archery, as one of the martial arts taught by the great sage/teacher in a zen way symbolizes the supreme goal, demanding a unique combination of precision and clarity of personal visons, unflinching concentration and a high degree of humility. Scholars consider Mahabharata to be about 2,500 years old. This is the saga of the ultimate triumph of the good over the ev

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Anil Gulati, Sujal Shah, Puneet Puri, Neeraj Tewari, Anuj Gupta, Rajiv Vyas, Ramesh Ramaswamy, Ram Parkhie, Milan Dhir

Vijaydan Detha

Kishan Banga

Vasanthi Athavale

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Anil Gulati, Kishan Banga, Puneet Puri, Mohan Gadre, Pranav Pandya, Krishna S. Murti

Girish Karnad

T. Srikantaiah

Madhusudan Joshi

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Puneet Puri, Krishna S. Murti, Suma Muralidhar, Chitra Krishnamurti, Ruchi Sarin, Pranav Pandya, Reena Surana, Anil Gore, Kishan Banga, Milan Dhir

Upendra Nath Ashq

Surendra Nath

Kedar Sharma

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Kedar Sharma

Manjula Kumar, Kishan Banga, Pranav Pandya, Kedar Sharma, Anil Gulati, Shekhar Tipnis, Ashok Ambardekar

Ranbir Singh

T. Srikantaiah, Vijay Deshpande

Shekhar Tipnis

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Anil Gulati, Shekhar Tipnis, Srideep Patnaik, Anupama Bagal, Ajay Dutt, Pranav Pandya, Kiran Gupta, Mohan Gadre, Subhash Shirole

S. N. Navre

T. Srikantaiah

Ashok Ambardekar

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Vinod Verma, Ashok Ambardekar

Upendra Nath Ashq

T. Srikantaiah

Darshan Krishna

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T. Srikantaiah

Tarun Juneja, Arvind Nandedkar, Rovin Karki, Darshan Krishna, Uma Bagla, Veena Kapur

Bhagwati Charan Verma

T. Srikantaiah

Kedar Sharma

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Kedar Sharma, Pranav Pandya, T. Srikantaiah, M.L. Mathur, Asha Sawhney, Narendra Mathur, Mohan Gadre, Kamini Mathur

P.L. Deshpande

T. Srikantaiah

Madhusudan Joshi

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Sushila Malur, Kedar Sharma, Ram Agarwal, Alka Khanna, Shekhar Tipnis, Neera Ohri, T. Srikantaiah, Mohan Gadre, Shashi Kalra, Asha Sawhney, Pranv Pandya