Mahesh Dattani, now directing a stage adaptation of The Alchemist, tells miD day what's happening at the rehersals

The city will witness an Indian avatar of Santiago from Paulo Coelho's famous book 'The Alchemist', this Sunday. Mahesh Dattani, the first playwright in English to win the Sahitya Akademi award will present the play under Ashvin Gidwani productions.

Gidwani says, "Getting the director, adaptor, artists and production team to adapt a novel to a theatrical production was a challenge. Although we have been given creative freedom to interpret it, we have to maintain certain guidelines for production."

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