Lucknowites enjoyed this culture curry

A five-day cultural fest, Repertwahr, was held at

Sangeet Natak Akademi

last month. The fest included theatre and music performances which were a treat for Lucknowites. The first day of the festival had Mohit Takalkar’s play Mosambi Narangi a Hindi tragicomedy written by Ashok Mishra, starring

Rajit Kapur

and

Ajeet Singh Palawat

, being staged.

(L) Aarti Vaid (R) Abhijit Sarkar (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)
The chilling cold evenings got more exciting when the Indian Ocean band performed for their fans. The subsequent days had performances by the The Local Train, play The Bone of Contention, Aisi Taisi Democracy with National Award winning writer and Lucknowite Varun Grover at his funniest best. We also spotted filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane at the fest. The five-day festival also showcased plays like

Aurat Aurat Aurat

, Agra Bazar and musical performances of Parvaz.
— Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui

Rahul Ram

(BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Bhoopesh Rai (R) An audience at the festival (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Jitendra Kumar (R) Karan and Sivanka Chanda (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Deepali Chopra and Amitesh Ahuja (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Varun Grover (R) Vikramaditya Motwane (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

Kumkum and Ashok Roy Choudhury (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Farah and Meesam Rizvi (R) Priyanka Sarkar (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Madhvi Kuckreja (R) Yatindra and Manjari Mishra (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)