Did you know that there are eight to 10 youth theatre festivals conducted in Mumbai every year?” asks Deepa Gehlot, head programming, Theatre and Films, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). “Very few people in the city take the effort to attend a college festival to catch a play there, which is a pity because some of the plays and performances are excellent.”

A still from the play A Maruti, The Maruti, which features students from Dahanukar College