Over the past decade, says veteran thespian Sunil Shanbag, there has been an increasing number of plays in Mumbai that employ the use of live music on stage. It began with Prithvi organising a competition for musicals. "That encouraged a lot of us and we took it up with great enthusiasm, with some people later carrying on with the practice of including songs in their plays," he says.

This, he adds, is also the genesis behind a concert series that he started, called Soul. The idea is to have a group of theatre actors who are more-than-capable singers present an evening of music that encompasses various genres related to the Bhakti movement.