Girish Karnad Theatre Festival

Watch three plays of Girish Karnad adapted to a shorter version and presented as part of Organizational Theatre`s Festival of Girish Karnad Plays.
Three directors from OT come together with their cast and crew and celebrate three works of Karnad. Punkaj Gupta, Sanjay Singh and Jharna Gupta

Duration is 120 minutes
Time is 11am to 1pm
Venue is Alliance Francaise, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore
Each play is for a duration of 45 minutes.

AUDIENCE MANAGEMENT
So as to not disturb the actors and the audiences
Once the first play starts at 11am, audiences are strictly not allowed after 11am,
You are allowed only during the 5 min break before the next play starts at 11:45

Director Punkaj Gupta brings this extraordinary world to the stage, where every throne casts a shadow and every dream carries the possibility of a downfall.
Some stories belong to history. Some refuse to stay there.
TUGHLAQ A journey into the mind of a king, and the madness of power.
CAST:
Abhilash Kumble
Apoorva Pathak
Christina D'Silva
Gurudev Prasad
Mohit Sehgal
Neeta Pawar
Preetham Parvatam
Prateek singh parihar
Sandeep lath
Saakshi Sharma

Director Sanjay Singh brings this compelling psychological drama to the stage, inviting us to look beyond the images we create and confront the fragments of ourselves we leave behind.
Because sometimes, the most convincing image is the one that hides the truth.
A HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES When reflections speak, can we still recognise ourselves?
CAST:
Ashli Jose
Amrita Hirawat
Akhil Rao
Bhavya s Nair
Gloria Kamal
Sheela Jayanth
Varun Sarma

Director Jharna Gupta steps into Karnad`s wonderfully layered universe, bringing her own interpretation to this timeless exploration of the human condition.
Because sometimes, the search for completeness only reveals how beautifully incomplete we are. Hayavadana a journey into the many selves that live within us.
CAST:
Akhil Rao
Bhaskaran Chandra Sekhar
Chandrika Choudhary
Dhanush
Kenneth Gonsalves
Mansa Srivastava
Nurain Farid Khakiyani
Sanjay Kiran
Rama
Varsha Suresh Kumar
Music by Ian Castelino