The 18th Nehru Centre Theatre Festival boasts of an enviable ensemble of power-packed plays directed by veteran theatre directors such as Arjun Deo Charan, Kewal Dhaliwal, Nadira Zaheer Babbar and Ram Gopal Bajaj, to name a few. Conceived as a retrospect of theatre practices in India, this edition of the eight-day festival is dedicated to a respected Marathi theatre personality, the late Anand Modak.

Satyagraha narrates the dharna that was done by the royal poets in Rajasthan in 1643

“We look out for different forms of theatre as practised across the country, including forms like sangeet natak and nautanki, as well as for plays produced by various groups,” says Dr LA Kazi, director (culture), Nehru Centre, who mentions that the festival showcases the art form in seven languages including Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada and others.