The young Kapoor scion, Atlas-like, shoulders the weight of two mammoth legacies of his two grandfathers — the legendary Shashi Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy. The ‘Black Warrant’ actor, who’s one of the trustees of Bombay’s Prithvi Theatre, champions both theatre and cinema.
Over 150 plays will be staged across 15 cities during the annual theatre festival of National School of Drama, India’s premier theatre institute in the national capital, that is in its 25th year now.
The Tripling actor on directing a new play for Prithvi Festival 2023, playing Mikesh in Permanent Roommates season 3 and future projects.
A quick look at what’s on at the annual theatre festival which is taking place till November 13.
In ‘Siachen’, a play written by Aditya Rawal and directed by Makarand Deshpande, a near-primal tale unfolds atop an unforgiving glacier.
They are setting the stage on fire and slowly making their presence felt on screen, too.
The conferral ceremony was attended by Bollywood stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Hema Malini, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Shyam Benegal and Rishi Kapoor.
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