Any artiste who has talked theatre with Satyadev Dubey is bound to have heard him say, "Acting cannot be taught, but it can be learnt" at least once. The paradox is, Dubey ji, as the iconic director, actor, playwright and screenwriter was called, was a theatre guru extraordinaire. Such that apart from his pioneering work in Hindi theatre, it is his army of students that is counted as his greatest legacy.

"Everything Dubey ji would do was a paradox. He always relished a good argument," recalls actor-director Trishla Patel, whose production, 1 Ka 3, is part of a series of plays to be performed as a day-long tribute to Dubey on his 82nd birth anniversary this Friday.