While the Hindi writer-playwright has written several novels including Tamas, considered to be one of the most powerful fictional accounts of the Partition of India, the tribute will focus on his short stories.

Ratna Pathak Shah and Seema Pahwa at a rehearsal performance for Bhisham Sahni tribute

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“This is our attempt to make the audience aware about Bhisham Sahni’s wide range of writings, besides Tamas. So, instead of staging one of his novels as a play, I picked five short stories from his collection of more than 100 short stories,” informs Seema Bhargava Pahwa, who has designed and directed this two-hour long performance.

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The five short stories – Oob, Sir Ka Sadka, Dholak, Yaadein and Samadhi Bhai Ramsingh – will be narrated by notable actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Yashpal Sharma, Manoj Pahwa and Heeba Shah, among others. “While Oob is about a teacher, Sir Ka Sadka talks about how a woman’s biggest enemy is the woman herself. Dholak throws light on how we are so influenced by Western cultures, which we’re moving away from our traditions. Each story highlights Sahni’s comment on society,” sums up Pahwa.

On: August 8 and 9, 7.30 pm; August 14, 7.30 pm
At: Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point (August 8 and 9); Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak, Veer Savarkar Marg, Shivaji Park, Dadar (August 14) call sdfdfdckdk,cfdk