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An arts-based organisation is hosting a community reading of a piece by theatre veteran Mahesh Dattani, where participants get to be characters from the narrative
A previous session of Curtain Call underway
Aanchal Jain and Mahesh Dattani
In the upcoming session, the group is inviting participants to read Dattani’s play, which revolves around six friends in Mumbai, their journey of self-discovery, and the ways in which they navigate relationships, gender, sexuality, mental health, companionship and societal oppression. “This is a play I wrote in 1995, and even made a movie on it [called Mango Soufflé],” Dattani shares.
The Sahitya Akademi Award-winning playwright adds, “When the folks from Thought Project reached out to me, I thought it was a great idea to have a community read the play. I remember when I started doing theatre, we would pick up a script, read and discuss it every weekend,” he recollects, adding that such readings can open up larger conversations. His advice to readers? “Have fun and discover it as a story about relationships.”
On January 23, 4 pm; January 24, 6 pm
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