Dastangoi Festival. Dastan-e-Dalla Ayyara (Hindustani, Urd/45 mins) Performed by Meera Rizvi & Usman Siddiqui. Adapted by Meera Rizvi. Followed by Dastan-e-Musavvir Jadu (Urdu, Persian, Hindustani/70 mins) Directed, Performed & Adapted by Mahmood Farooqui. Dalla Ayyara is a hilarious qissa from the 19th century about wily women and their stratagems. She is witty, quick-thinking, and charming, and manages to con anyone and everyone who crosses her path, often with hilarious results. Musavvir Jadu is a hilarious and mesmerising tale of a mighty sorcerer and his contest against the gorgeous enchantress Bahar Jadu, adapted from the Tilism-e-Hoshruba, the greatest epic ever told in Urdu and the fount of modern Dastangoi. Produced by Anusha Rizvi. Prod. Dastangoi Collective. Tickets at Rs.500 are available online on bookmyshow.com.
