This event is in collaboration with the Department of English of The University of Madras.

A retrospective of play by Manjula Padmanaban presented by Prakriti Foundation

This is a streaming of an Excerpt video of the plays followed by a discussion with the playwright and the creators.

Adaptation or rehearsed readings from the book of plays (Laughter & Blood, Blood & Laughter). 

Pranav co -founded Tanariri Theaters in 2013 along with his partner Neeraja and has acted in various capacities (as actor/director/producer) with Tanariri. Tanariri as a theater group has been active in Bangalore for over six years and has produced plays like Evam Indrajit, The Green Room, Aisa Kehte hain, and Lights Out. He is also a co-founder of Chikka Dodda Art lab, Bengaluru which was started in the pandemic with the aim of looking at the intersectionality between art and activism. 

Satchit Puranik is a multilingual writer, theatre maker & film maker which covers his portfolio career as playwright, director, editor, casting director, producer and performer. His films work (Court, Ship Of Theseus, Garbage amongst others) and theatre work (Karl Marx In Kalbadevi, Loitering, Ammi Jaan amongst others) have led him to work in around 9 languages, and over a thousand shows across a dozen countries. His international outings in documentary theatre include Family 81, Mahabharata with Frascati Production, NL and performative conversations with Building Conversations, NL. Apart from making activism music videos (Brother From My Pakistani Mother, Mother Of The Nation), he is also actively engaged with an NGO - Men Against Violence & Abuse, MAVA, Mumbai in the capacity of mentoring cultural and digital advocacy.

Hidden Fires directed by Pranav Patadiya: A man talks about extinguishing lives or “Hidden Fires” with his own justifications and biased understanding of community. This hard-hitting monologue tackles the issues of violence, intolerance, identity vs. community and the idea of a nation.

Points directed by Satchit Puranik: A woman with a candle and some precise points to make about the idea of nationhood. The premise of this short, quirky, irreverent piece opens itself to possibilities of a disruptive edit and sound design and the result is something which is neither theatre alone or film alone - yet both!