Danish Husain's show is a theatrical tribute to Urdu poet Ibn-e-Insha's seminal work
Danish Husain
At the first glance, Pakistani poet, writer and diplomat Ibn-e-Insha's book, Urdu Ki Akhri Kitab, looks like a school book, notes actor Danish Husain. "There are chapters on history, mathematics, moral sciences, geography and grammar. But when you delve in, you realise it's a dig at the politics of the subcontinent in the 1970s," shares Husain, a self-confessed fan of the humourist who will be staging Qissa Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitaab Ka, a theatrical tribute to the original text, this week at Prithvi Theatre.
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The theatre practitioner tells us that the play was conceived after actor Gopal Datt suggested the idea in 2017. However, since most of the references were to the socio-political situation of the 1970s, Husain re-imagined the play as a TV studio show. While Husain reiterates that 50 per cent of the content is from the text, every staging since 2017 has been tweaked, keeping in mind the contemporary socio-politics. It also involves live music, and is packed with humour, he says, promising that they are taking COVID-19 related precautions. "I'm really happy to be back on stage performing live, and we [theatre community] need the audience."
On January 7, 9 pm; January 8, 6 pm and 9 pm At Prithvi Theatre, 20 Janki Kutir, Juhu
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