20 Years of Dastangoi Collective. Dastan-e-Raag Darbari (Urdu, Hindi, Bhojpuri/ 120 mins with interval). Dir. Mahmood Farooqui. Artistes: Mahmood Farooqui & Darain Shahidi. Produced by Anusha Rizvi. Dastan-e-Raag Darbari draws on the works of Shrilal Shukla, the legendary Hindi poet Nagarjuna, the medieval Urdu satirists Zatalli and Sauda, the philosophers Plato, Machiavelli and Ibn-e Khaldoun and modern poets such as Kedarnath Singh and Faiz. Above all it draws on the writings of the greatest modern Urdu humourist Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi to weave a tale that speaks of our times and of Shukla’s. Prod. Dastangoi Collective. Tickets at Rs.500, Rs.350 & Rs.200 are available online on bookmyshow.com and at the Habitat Programmes desk.
