Aakhirkaar follows seven people into the afterlife: a place that is reality and dream; the past, present and future. They were something somewhere once. But what must they do, now that they are here?

Some work to close their ledgers and some to open new doors. Some long to be reunited and some forgotten. Some will behold an unfathomable vastness, and some will crave to be simple and small. As they move among lovers, strangers, ghosts and gods, they look at their own lives and choices in aggregate to ask: what is the sum of all its parts?

Meet the Team :

Based on the book Sum by David Eagleman

Translations by the cast

Produced by: The Tadpole Repertory

Mask: Mohammad Shameem

Publicity: Pooja Anna Pant 

Photography: Aman Rai and Saurabh Siddharth

Manch Theatre Festival

Bhasha Centre has spent the last four years building a space for theatre makers—creating opportunities, supporting new work, and strengthening the theatre community.

Best known for The Drama Library, an online home for unpublished Indian plays, and for Manch, their co-producing initiative, Bhasha Centre also runs training programs, commissions new work, and brings theatre makers together in meaningful ways.

Now, after three successful editions of Manch, they are launching something bigger—the very first Manch Theatre Festival. This is a festival that puts the focus on the people who make theatre happen—producers, writers, directors, and performers—celebrating the process as much as the performance.

Taking place in April in Pune and Mumbai, two cities recognized for their love for theatre, the festival will be filled with performances, workshops, lectures, play readings, and conversations. It’s a space to meet, learn, collaborate, and grow—but most of all, to celebrate theatre and the people who keep it alive.

This festival is built by and for the theatre community. 

Come be a part of it.