hoshruba

I am thrilled to introduce Danish Husain, 'Delhi Boy' who runs Hoshruba Repertory, his own theatre company. It was wonderful talking to him on his short visit to Boston, MA few months ago.

Danish Husain is a poet, actor, filmmaker, theatre director, columnist, one of the people who helped revive the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi.

Danish Husain is a poet, actor (Losing Gemma, Peepli Live, Dhobi Ghat, Ankhon Dekhi, Welcome To Karachi, City of Dark, Alif, Mantra), filmmaker (Live from Peepli documentary), theatre director (Krapp's Last Tape, Chinese Coffee, Ek Punjab Ye Bhi, Qissebaazi, Guards at the Taj), one of the people who helped revive the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, a columnist with India Today opinion site Daily O. He runs his own theatre company called The Hoshruba Repertory which premiered its new play Guards At The Taj that opened the prestigious AADYAM Theatre Festival Season- 3. His ongoing and upcoming projects include two indie movies Bazaar and Newton; a multi-lingual theatrical storytelling project Qissebaazi; a multilingual poetry performance Poetrification with Denzil Smith; and a sitcom with Zee Network called Bin Kuchh Kahe.

 

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