Kunal Kapoor is a Trustee of one of Mumbai's best-known theatres, Prithvi Theatre. It was a long-standing dream of the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor to build a theatre, which his son Shashi Kapoor fulfilled in 1978. This legacy has been nurtured and carried forward by his son Kunal, his daughter Sanjna and now Kunal's two children. Prithvi Theatre is a catalyst for theatre, and committed to the promotion & development of professional theatre and developing a discerning audience.
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Utkarsh Mazumdar A theatre professional, Utkarsh has been on the stage for more than 50 years, performing plays in Hindi, Gujarati and English. He has also directed several plays including Maro Piyu Gayo Rangoon. He has been a program executive in at Doordarshan Kendra, Rajkot and worked at Amdavad and Mumbai Doordarshan Kendra. He has directed several documentaries and training films. Two of his documentaries were screened at International Festival of Documentaries and Short Films organized by Films Division India. Utkarsh has also been a columnist for Gujarati newspapers for the last twenty years.
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Ramu Ramanathan is a playwright, poet and journalist. Eight of his plays have been anthologized in the book 3 Sakina Manzil and Other Plays (Orient Blackswan/EFLU). He is also the author of the poetry collection My Encounters With a Peacock and To Sit on a Stone and Other Shorts (both are Red River publications), and co-editor of Babri Masjid, 25 Years On… (Gyan). Ramanathan has been a journalist for three decades, writing on theatre and culture for newspapers and periodicals. He is the editor of PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines.
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Sumedha Raikar Mhatre is a culture columnist in the Mid-Day newspaper. Apart from enjoying a career as a theatre critic for the last three decades, Sumedha is also known for a constant journalistic search for the unsung, subaltern and off stream voices. She celebrates people, trends and indigenous linguistic traditions that do not necessarily feature in the mainstream. She also a media advisor to the US Consulate, Mumbai.
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