Patanahi

Sir Salman Rushdie's latest "The Enchantress of Florence" is a story set in Akbar's court in (Fatehpur) Sikri around 16th Century. One day a traveler visits Akbar's court with a letter from Queen Elizabeth I, claiming he is Akbar's uncle. Then he takes you through a journey across continents with Qara Köz, great-aunt of Akbar and the mother of the traveler. The story oscillates between the east and the west, between Sikri and Florence. He brings out the details of Sikri and Akbar's life in such details that you can completely visualize the entire city. Its hilarious at parts, like the instance when Akbar writes love letters to Queen Elizabeth and proposes to marry her and in turn marry the great east and west empires. It is a pure fantasy at parts where he describes about the mirror as a women accompanying Qara Köz or the part where the artist enters and hides inside the painting. The beauty of Qara Köz is described in such exotic and explicit details that...

I went to the Rangashankara to watch Rahul Da Cunha's version of ‘Love Letters’ . The Pulitzer award winning play written by AR Gurney, describes the romantic and poignant relationship between childhood friends Melissa Gardner (Shernaz Patel) and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (Rajit Kapur) over fifty years. The story unfolds through the letters the two characters have written to one another. The play was first performed in 1988. Shernaz Patel is just so amazing in the way she brings the impetuous Melissa. Even at this age she has so much of charm, its a treat to watch her on stage. Her role of the child's mother in BLACK was excellent. Rajit Kapur is a versatile actor who has no boundaries and leaves me spellbound always. Watch out for some bold dialogs which are a signature of all Rajit Kapur plays. Inspired by Love Letters, Feroz Khan has directed Tumhari Amrita तुम्हारी अमृता adapted by Javed Siddqui and had Farooque Shaikh who plays the politician Syed Zulfiquar Haider and Sha...