Veteran theatre artiste Salim Ghouse and his son Aaryama Salim are set to present another take on the ancient Urdu oral art of storytelling, Dastangoi. Titled Dastaan-e-Dil, this is a two-person play enacted by father-son duo. While Dastangoi is a static form of storytelling, where the narrator takes the audience through the story without acting it out, Dastaan-e-Dil will see Salim and Aaryama act out the pieces, in two solo-acts.

"One would say storytelling is the most original and purest form of theatre. Back in the day, one would go from village to village, enact the stories and get food or shelter in exchange of the entertainment they provided. What we are attempting could be seen as a spin off on that," says Aaryama. The piece is being referred to as a play, which is a "tapestry of comedy, tragedy, satire, history and poetry'. "The language is Hindustani, which basically means Urdu. What we are also trying to establish through the piece is that Urdu is not someone else's language, it's ours, and therefore it is called Hindustani," he adds.