Category: Theater

When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At 80, my wife asked: "Do you want to admit to the world you are past 80?" I understand that would be a sin for a woman! By Burjor Patel | DNA India When I decided to call my call column Life Begins At  80,… Continue reading To live on for the moments that take one's breath away

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor and Sohrab Modi’s 1941 film Sikander. By Sukanya Verma | Rediff Sikander ne Porous se ki thi ladayi, jo ki thi ladayi, toh main kya karoon?’ shrugged Mohan Choti in a catchy song from Anpadh. If only he… Continue reading How Sohrab Modi won over Prithviraj Kapoor

The city’s Gujarati speakers of an older vintage will fondly recall the plays of Adi Marzban, the playwright and director who was synonymous with Parsi nataks from the 1940s to the 1980s. by Pronoti Datta | Mumbai Boss The nataks were usually comedies packed with double entendres, slapstick and nifty wordplay in Gujarati and performed… Continue reading Revisit The Parsi Natak

Actor Burjor Patel, Adi Marzban’s collaborator on modern Gujarati theatre, gets back to Mumbai, and acting after 20 years Ayaz Memon | TNN Burjor Patel resurfaced in viewer consciousness when an endearing telecom ad featuring a young boy and an avuncular old man who talked through his eyes and the body language of an acting… Continue reading Burjor Patel: Back in Service at 82

Laughter In The House: A Tribute To Adi Marzban is back on popular demand after it premiered two months ago as a homage to the veteran Parsi director Journalist Meher Marfatia still recalls how, as a child, she was taken along by her aunts to watch the doyen of Parsi theatre, Adi Marzban’s plays. The… Continue reading Reliving the Parsiana andaaz

Nostalgia was the lead player. Tuesday night, and the Tata theatre was packed to the rafters. There was room left only for laughter. Laughter in the House revived the magic of Adi Marzban whose plays and musical revues had kept all of Gujarati-speaking Bombay in splits for over 30 years. In the process, this multiple… Continue reading Adi Marzban Night: A standing ovation for Parsi nostalgia

On the occasion of Parsi theatre stalwart Adi Marban’s 98th birth anniversary, which falls on April 17, get your fix of his best works, gags, sketches and music that promise to bring alive poignant and humourous moments from a glorious era By Dhara Vora | Mid-Day “He was an artist, philosopher, palmist, actor, all put… Continue reading Hasva Chalo Ji!