The stage loves its audience and vice-a-versa. This World Theatre Day, we got Omkar Bhatkar, the writer of plays like Blue Storm, that was selected for the 2021 Asia Playwrights Theatre Festival, to list for us us, his top four favourite plays of all time. “These plays can be seen in theatres whenever they are back in production, but with technology, we see that many who love art, are accessing it through online portals like BBC play, etc,” says Bhatkar. Here we go.

Sangeet Devbhabli by Prajakt Deshmukh

This Marathi Musical has many tales rolled into one and highlights the protagonist Avali’s plights of deprivation and desertion, her conflict with her family. The play became famous due its seamless inclusion of the lyrical abhanga. 
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