Des Comes to Delhi, and a Conversation in Bareilly
Des, a satire set on the night of 14 August 1947, plays Studio Safdar in Delhi for the first time on 29 October, following its closing-night performance at the Rajkamal Kitab Utsav in Bareilly on 27 October.
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Des Comes to Delhi, and a Conversation in Bareilly
Des is a satirical comedy set on the night of 14 August 1947, the hours before India is free of the British Empire. It is a dark look at the ideological battle waiting on the other side of independence, and a challenge to the comfortable story that everything was settled and whole once the British left. The play won the Sanhita Rangmanch Puraskar, a national award for Hindi playwriting.
This month it travels to two cities.
Bareilly, 27 October
Nalanda Arts Studio is delighted to be part of the Rajkamal Kitab Utsav at the Windermere Theatre on Balwant Singh Marg, Civil Lines, Bareilly. The festival runs from 23 to 27 October 2026.
That evening brings a conversation between Abhishek Majumdar and the critic and scholar Amitesh Kumar on Kaumudi Aur Anya Natak, the Hindi collection of three plays published by Rajkamal Prakashan. Des then closes the festival as the final performance on the 27th, in the gorgeous Windermere Theatre.
Delhi, 28 and 29 October
Des comes to Delhi for the first time, presented in collaboration with Studio Safdar. The show on 28 October is already houseful, so two further performances have been added on Thursday 29 October at 5pm and 7.30pm. Please book early.
Tickets are available on BookMyShow and at the venue.
Company
Performed by Sandeep Shikhar, Irawati Karnik, Avneesh Mishra and Ajeet Singh Pallawat.
Written and directed by Abhishek Majumdar. Music and sound design by MD Pallavi. Scenography by Dhanendra Kawade.
A Nalanda Arts Studio production, presented in collaboration with Studio Safdar in Delhi.