“The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.” – Stella Adler
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance.
World celebrates “World Theatre Day” on27 March. It was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute. Here we are presenting some of the Indian actors, politicians photos on stage.
AmrishPuri on the steps of Prithvi Theatre, sometime in the 1970s.Thespian vs Thespian- The late Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah in a play at NSDSanjay MishraPolitician Menaka Gandhi acting in her college days. Photo credit: Pablo BartholomewPankaj TripathiNawazuddin SiddiquiNawazuddin SiddiquiNaseeruddin ShahMira Nair and Shashi Tharoor as Cleopatra and Antony, Delhi, c. 1980Ashutosh Gowariker in Mithibai College, Written and Directed by the Naushil Mehta.Anupam Kher & Neena GuptaAmrish Puri and Satyadev Dubey in Yayati.Amol Palekar, Bapu Karmakar, Sunila Pradhan And Amrish Puri in Hayavadana.Amitabh Bachchan in his school daysAmitabh BachchanAmrish Puri with Satyadev Dubey, Sunil Shanbag and Sunila Pradhan.Amol Palekar, Amrish Puri and Sunila Pradhan were taken during the rehearsal of Girish Karnad’s play Hayavadana directed by Satyadev Dubey in the 70s.