Premchand Story Attempted Addressing Dumbfounded On Stage
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: In the ongoing Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Reshi Rashid’s Wathh was appreciated for its simple storytelling by the...
Legendary Subhan Hajam Makes A Theatrical Returns To Manage An Ailing Society
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: How devious people divide the ‘wise’ for perpetuating their assumed status was the fundamental story to Artche Kaal, the second...
When Parents Quarrel At Home, It Is A Vutre Bunul
by Mehru N Nisa
SRINAGAR: It was Vutre Bunul that marked the beginning of the Annual Drama Festival at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Vutre Bunul is...
Nek Bab Memories
For four decades, Shadi Lal Koul reigned as one of the popular Kashmiri names in theatre, reports Nazir Rather
After graduating from Amar Singh in 1972...
I Am The Witness
by Shams Irfan
(A still from Arshid Mushtaq’s play Buh Chus Sheahid.)
On a cold winter afternoon in Kashmir’s oldest state owned college auditorium people sat...
“Artist has to reflect common man’s pain, aspirations and dreams”
After passing through a security post at the entrance of Nawai Subah complex in Srinagar, media studios of private television producers show up. Housed...
Telling Stories
Kashmiris have finally explored the art of venting their anger in a subtle manner. Shams Irfan observes a year when a decades old conflict...
Theater of the Wronged
Kashmiri theatre is beginning to find its feet again with artists evolving original plays. Arshad Mushtaq’s Watterpaed will have a series of shows in...
Losing appeal
The decline in the popularity of folk theatre in Kashmir is forcing Bhands to switch to other jobs for earning a livelihood. Nazir Rather...
April Fool on March 18
Tanveen Kawoosa
Playright and theatre director Amin Bhat is coming up an experimental spoof on environment this week. The play, April Fool, to be presented...
A rooted artist
Embracing a sidestepped mother tongue, theatre director Arshad Mustaq tells Majid Maqbool that he tries his bit to revive Kashmiri language and culture through...
Curtains up on Drama festival
A play on Dal Lake mesmerizes audience
Tanveen Kawoosa
To strike a chord with theatergoers, the weeklong Drama festival (from March 18 to 25) organized by...