17 May,2026 09:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Suhana Saha
The solo show Indradhanush brings to you the laughs and cries, Roshan Abbas’s beautiful mistakesand questionable choices, all in one. PIC/KOMMUNE
In today's social media-driven world, artistes are constantly exposed to both appreciation and criticism. What does this do to them?
When you can see exactly how many people watched, and for how long, you stop making the thing that matters to you and start making the thing that will perform well. The rain in an Indradhanush [rainbow] isn't comfortable rain. But it is accompanied by dhoop [sunlight]. Social media gives you an umbrella and calls it freedom. Sometimes you need to get wet.
Roshan Abbas. PIC/X@roshanabbas
Why are Gen Zs and millennials retreating back to old trends?
Every generation reaches for nostalgia when the present feels too fast and too uncertain. The people who grew up in the '90s are now in their forties, which is when the world starts to move faster, and people go back to the last time things felt solid. People aren't just looking for the past. They're looking for proof that what they feel right now has always been felt by someone.
What do you want young folk to take away from this show?
Stop performing for the person you're trying to impress and start actually talking to the person in front of you. Indradhanush is really about a boy who thought his gift was performing, entertaining, being heard, and who discovered at 25 that the actual gift was listening. The industry will tell you to build your personal brand, to post three times a week. All of that is fine. But none of it replaces the moment when another human being feels genuinely heard by you. That's the thing that lasts. AI ke zamaane mein [In the era of AI], learn to value the eye-to-eye.
WHEN: May 24; June 20
WHERE: NCPA; The Habitat
PRICE: R799 onwards
TO BOOK: bookmyshow.com
