Awishkar's 20th Annual Theatre Festival

Awishkar's 20th annual theatre festival, the Arvind Deshpande Memorial Festival, concluded yesterday, celebrating 75th birthday of the man behind this group, Mr. Arun Kakade. Awishkar is doing theatre for more than 3 decades now and has always supported core marathi theatre and the passionate people behind them.

This event featured a lot of premier performances along with plays from established organizations and reknowned playwrights such as Satyadev Dubey. Here is the list of performances,
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Sunday 7th January, 10.30 am
Awishkar- Chandrashala Presents
PANCHATANTRA (Marathi Play) (Silver jubilee Show)
A Ballet for kids

Written by : Madhav Sakahardande
Guide : Guru Parvati Kumar
Directed by : Ramesh purav
Co-Directed by : medha parab
Music : Shank-Neel
Production Incharge: Kshama Sakhardande
Produced By: Arun Kakde

Monday 8th January, 7.30 pm
Mumbai Marthi Sahitya Sangha - Amrut Natya Bharati Present
KUNDALI ANI KUNDALINI (Marathi Play) Premier Show
Original English Script : Mrunalini Kamat
Marathi Transalation and Direction : Rekha Sabnis

Tuesday 9th January, 7.30 pm
Academy Of Theatre Arts, Mumbai University Presents
OEDIPUS (Hindi Play) Premier Show
Orignal Play : Sophocles
Adaptation : Machindra More
Music Director : Aamod Bhatt
Director : Prof. Waman Kendre

Wednesday 10th January, 4.00 pm and 7.45 pm
Awishkar and Theatre Unit Present
FLIRT IN YOUR DREAMS (English play) Premier Show
Written and Directed by : Satyadev Dubey

Thursday 11th January, 7.30 pm
Awishkar Presents
DOGHI (Marathi play) Premier Show
Written by :Dr. Shirish Athawale
Directed by : Vijay Kenkre

Friday 12th January, 7.30 pm
Awishkar Presents
YAARI HAI IMAAN MERA (Hindi Play) Premier Show
Marathi Version : Chetan Datar
Hindi Adaptation : Charudatta Bhagwat & Aslam Parvez
Directed by : Kapil Bhopatkar

Saturday 13th January, 7.30 pm
Maharashtra Cultural Centre Pune, Presents
SOHAM KOHAM CHAY GOSHTI (Marathi play) Premier Show
Written by : Prof. Datta Dandge
Directed by : Anant Kanho

Sunday 14th January, 10.30 am
Awishkar - Chandrashala Present
DURGA ZALI GAURI (Marathi Play)
A Ballet for kids

Written by : Madhav Sakahardande
Guide : Guru Parvati Kumar
Directed by : Ramesh purav
Co-Directed by : medha parab
Music : Shank-Neel
Production Incharge : Kshama Sakhardande
Produced By : Late Arwind Deshpane, Arun Kakde

Wednesday 17th January, 7.30 pm
Awishkar and Hunnar Present
CHAAR MOJAYCHA NAHI (Marathi Play) Premier Show
Written by : Vivek Sathe
Direced By : Pradeep Mulye

Thursday 18th January, 7.30 pm
Awishkar Presents
JATA NAHI JAAT (Marathi Play) Premier Show
Written by : Siddharth Tambe
Directed by : Girish Patke

Friday 19th January, 7.30 pm
Awishkar Presents
PAASWALA (Marathi Play) Premier Show
Written by : Jayant Pawar
Directed by : Chetan Datar
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