Playwright

Girish Karnad's son Raghu thanks people for their tributes: 'He enriched others' lives, and the reverse is also true'

Raghu Karnad wrote on Instagram, 'The picture that is growing rooted in my mind is of Appa in his spot on the sofa, his hand around a glass of whiskey, gently bubbling with bits of history, legend, song, folktale and philosophy.'

Crazy Mohan, noted theatre actor and playwright, passes away at 67 following acute heart attack

Crazy Mohan was rushed to Cauvery Hospital in Chennai where he was declared dead at 2 pm

Girish Karnad, veteran actor, director and playwright, passes away aged 81 at Bengaluru residence

National Award-winning Kannada director Girish Karnad breathed his last at his Laveli Road, Bengaluru residence after battling prolonged illness.

World Theatre Day 2019: Three Indian playwrights tell us about the scripts they never staged

On World Theatre Day 2019, a throwback to Firstpost's series of interviews with Indian playwrights such as Rahul DaCunha, Purva Naresh, Ramu Ramanathan, about the play/s they never managed to bring to stage.

Akarsh Khurana on his troubled play Bombay Dying, and how wit finds a way into his writing

'While writing, it is very important to be true to your own voice,' says Akarsh Khurana. 'Write what you know and what you have researched.'

I’d rather be scared, than unhappy: Mahesh Dattani revisits 'Final Solutions' and '30 Days in September'

Revisiting a play over 25 years since writing it often takes a playwright through a range of emotions — from pride at the writing to a feeling of irrelevance. A lot has changed in context and the style of writing, Dattani admits.

Purva Naresh on her unfinished Irom Sharmila play: We've already failed her; I can't do it again

Purva Naresh says, "One of the reasons I’m stuck with this script is because we as a people have already failed Irom Sharmila once. I can’t do that again. I need to have the script right.”

Ramu Ramanathan, raconteur extraordinaire, on the stories he'd love to bring to the stage

Ramu Ramanathan's deep understanding of India’s social and cultural heritage, eagerness to research documented and undocumented realities, and a remarkable ability to weave it all into an engaging narrative makes him one of India’s finest playwrights today

Faezeh Jalali on the scripts she's yet to bring to stage, and why good theatre takes its own time

'There are some things only I can tell the way I have imagined them to be,' says Faezeh Jalali, explaining why she writes her own plays

Abhishek Majumdar's new play 'Muktidham' looks at 8th century conflict between Hinduism, Buddhism

Noted playwright and director Abhishek Majumdar's latest production is Muktidham, a play is set in the 8th century, in a matha in a fictional town called Beerpur. Based on historical facts and then fictionalised, Majumdar's play looks at the roots of Hindu philosophy and attempts to interpret how the communal right wing had origins in intellectual thought and then "turned increasingly dogmatic and anti-intellectual itself".