A New Year of Dastans - at Prithvi, Mumbai

Team Dastangoi opens the new year 2014

 with a fistful of tales

at the Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai 

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui 

6 pm Jan 02, 2014

Two tales from Dastan-e-Amir Hamza & the Mumbai debut of the iconic Beytaal Pacheesee tales.

Performers: Mahmood Farooqui, Danish Husain, Rajesh Kumar, & Rana Pratap Senger

9 pm Jan 02, 2014

A tale from Tilism-e-Hoshruba & the Dastan-e-Taqseem-e-Hind (The Partition of India Dastan)

Performers: Mahmood Farooqui & Danish Husain 

6 pm Jan 03, 2014

Dastan-e-Chouboli & Dastan-e-Sedition

Performers: Manu Sikander Dhingra & Nadeem Shah, Rajesh Kumar & Rana Pratap Sengar

9 pm Jan 03, 2014

Mantoiyat

Performers: Mahmood Farooqui & Danish Husain

Tickets at http://www.prithvitheatre.org/

Celebrating Translation with Chouboli

As part of the Harper Collins festival on translation,

Team Dastangoi pays a special tribute to Vijay Dan Detha
by performing its adapation of the man's fabulous tale:

Dastan-e- Chouboli

Performed by: Manu Sikander Dhingra and Nadeem Shah

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Max Mueller Bhawan, KG Marg
8.30 PM, December 12, 2013.

Dastan-e-Khusrau at Lucknow Literature Carnival

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastan Khusrav-e-Shireen Sukhan Ki

a dastangoi presentation on the life, times and works of the phenomenon called

Amir Khusrau Dehalvi,

the 13th century poet

at the Lucknow Literature Carnival

Written and Performed by: Ankit Chadha

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Chouboli in Ahmedabad

 As part of Celebrating SEWA – Towards Human Development through Women’s Livelihood Security,

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastan-e-Chouboli

Performed by: Danish Husain and Mahmood Farooqui

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Date: November 27^th, 2013

Time: 6:30pm onwards

Venue: Kanoria Arts Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Dastangoi at Short and Sweet Theatre Festival

As part of the Top 10 plays of the Week 2 of the Short and Sweet Theatre Festival,

we present:

Dastan Ek Chhoti Si Cheenti Ki
Performed by: Ankit Chadha

November 28 and 29, 7.30 PM. Kamani Auditorium
Tickets available at http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Short-Sweet-Festival-2013/ET00018400 

Dastangoi at Sunset

Dastan Sher Khan Ki: performed by Valentina and Fouzia

22nd November, Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura. 5.30 p.m. onwards

Not open for general public

Dastangoi at Bookaroo

As part of Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival 2013,

Team Dastangoi presents 

Dastan Sher Khan Ki: performed by Valentina and Fouzia

21st November at 11am at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library for 150 children aged 10 at The Lawns

Note: This event is not open to public

Dastan Dhaai Aakhar Ki: performed by Ankit Chadha

23rd November at 1.30 pm at IGNCA, Janpath. Open to all.

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Dastangoi at Prithvi Theatre Fest

Team Dastangoi,

as part of the Prithvi Theatre Festival 2013,

presents three tales in the traditional Urdu storytelling form of Dastangoi

Two from `Tilism-e-Hoshruba` where Amar Aiyyaar, the chief trickster & Amir Hamza`s friend, with his disciples foil the mighty Hoshruba Emperor Afrasiyab`s plan to imprison him. He tricks both Afrasiyab`s sorcerers Aazar and Mahtaab Jadoo in disbelieving their own magical powers, and eventually kills them

And a tale of the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent in 1947, Dastan-e-Taqseem-Hind, which brings to the fore the absurdity and the tragedy of this cataclysmic event. The Partition tale will be performed for the first time since its inception six years back at the Prithvi Theatre. 

Director: Mahmood Farooqui 

Dastangos: Danish Husain, Rajesh Kumar, Rana Pratap Senger, Darain Shahidi

November 16, 6 pm

Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai.

Dastangoi in Kahaani Festival

As part of the Kahaani Festival 2013,

Team Dastangoi presents

a Dastan presentation

Performed by: Ankit Chadha

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

November 15, 4 pm.

Step by Step School,

• 3,Chitrakoot Scheme,Adjoining Stadium, Ajmer Road
• Jaipur, Rajasthan 302021.

Dastangoi in the City of Joy

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastan Amar Ayyaar aur Mehtab Jadu ki

and

Dastan-e-Taqseem-e-Hind

Performed by: Nadeem Shah & Manu Sikander Dhingra

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

12 November, 7 pm,

Maulana Azad museum

Near Punjab club, opp ballygunge military camp main gate

5 ashraf mistri lane, Kolkata  700019

Dastangoi in Sikkim

As part of the 

TEN-TEN-TEN, a Literary Celebration

Team Dastangoi presents:

Dastan e-Chouboli

Performed by: Nadeem Shah and Manu Sikander Dhingra

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

8th November 2013, 10 am - 11 am

Mannan Bhawan, Development Area, Gangtok, Sikkim

Dastangoi at Studio Safdar

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastan Aazar Jaadu ki and Betaal Pacheesi

Performed by: Fouzia and Valentina

Dastan Mahtaab Jaadu ki

Performed by Manu Dhingra and Nadeem Shah

October 27, 7 pm

Studio Safdar

Directions: Shadipur metro – Satyam Cinema – cycle ricksha – ‘Biyaasi number’ – 

May Day board next to DMS booth.

2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi 110008Metro: Shadipur. 

Dastans from Tilism-e-Hoshruba

Team Dastangoi presents:

Dastan Mahtaab Jaadu Ki and Dastan Aazar Jaadu Ki

October 26, 7 pm

India Habitat Centre

Performed by Manu Sikander Dhingra and Nadeem Shah

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Dastangoi at CLF Lahore

As part of the 7th Children’s Literature Festival of Pakistan,

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastangoi: the lost art of Urdu storytelling

Performed by: Ankit Chadha

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

October 30-31, 2013.

Venue: 
Children Library Complex, Lahore
4 - Shahrah-e-Aiwan-e-Tijarat Lahore

For further information, please contact: Maham Ali
Cell: (92) (300) 8541130

Dastangoi in California

Magic, sorcery, warriors, and tricksters came together for an entertaining evening of dinner and Dastangoi.

Dastangoi is a rich form of dramatized Urdu storytelling that dates back to medieval Iran that has recently regained critical acclaim due to the work of distinguished scholar Mahmood Farooqui.

Due to very limited seating the museum will only reserve seats after they receive your check.

Sunday, November 10th, 2013

Pacific Asia Museum

Dinner: 6:30 pm

Performance: 7:30 pm

Tickets: Premium $50, General $35

RSVP

Hina Abidi (310) 454-9934

Atiya Khan (949) 589-3440

Ayesha Kamran (714) 692-2803

Samira Saleh (949) 502-5710 

Ruquiya Khan (818) 952-7044 

Annie Athar (805) 241-8271 

Dastangoi at Old World Theatre Festival 2013

As part of the Old World Theatre Festival 2013,

Team Dastangoi presents

Dastan-e-Betaal Pachisi

Betal Pacheesi is one of India's oldest collection of tales of King Vikram trying to capture Betal.This adaptation, revives the beauty of storytelling telling with its seamless mixture of Hindi and Urdu and the syncreticism of the medieval world where it is difficult to separate Hindu from Muslim, Urdu from Hindi and story from instruction.

And 

Dastan Qirtaas Jaadoo Ki

Afrasiyab, the Emperor of sorcerers and of the Tilism-e Hoshruba, sends ambassador Qirtas Jadoo to his neighbour Emperor Kaukab Roshan Zameer, the ruler of Tilism-e Noor Afsha, where his arch enemy Amar Aiyyar has taken shelter. Qirtas takes off with great fanfare traversing wondrous regions of the Tilism. Amar's disciples, the Aiyyars shadow Qirtas but he is too powerful a sorcerer to be easily fooled. On the way Qirtas captures Bahar, the powerful sorceress and the object of Afrasiyab's desires. The Aiyyars free her but Qirtas has now crossed over to the neighboring Tilism. Will he manage to kill Amar or will the Aiyyars kill him before that and save their reputation?

Director: Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by: Mahmood Farooqui & Danish Husain

(Urdu/2 hrs 45 min with 10 mins interval)

IHC: Oct 11 & 12: 7 pm  (Tickets at Rs.400, Rs 300 & Rs 100 available Oct.2 onwards at the Programmes Desk for IHC members only.
Open to all Oct.4 onward)

Epicentre show: Oct 13  7:30pm (Tickets at Rs. 500, 400 & 300 available at the venue)
Suitable for 18 years & above
An Old World Culture Presentation

Dastangoi in Ahmedabad

As part of the

SUNDAY TO SUNDAY THEATRE FESTIVAL

Natarani presents

Dastan Dhaai Aakhar Ki

This dastangoi presentation is a story on Kabir, the 15th century poet. 

Composed and performed by Ankit Chadha under the direction of Mahmood Farooqui, 

the story takes the audience on a journey in search of finding the Kabir who is within us.

Duration: 50 minutes

Language: Hindi/Urdu

For invites, contact +91 79 27556669 or natarani@darpana.com

Gates close at 8.35 pm

Dastan-e-Chouboli at Studio Safdar

Dastan-e-Chouboli is a Rajasthani folk tale adapted by Vijay Dan Detha and subsequently adapted by Mahmood Farooqui for a Dastanic telling. The story is about a Rajasthani princess who has vowed to marry the person who makes her speak four times in a single night. A chauvinist Thakur takes up the challenge but fails like the 17 times 20 princes before him. Finally, it is left to Thakur's newly wedded wife to rescue everyone from this mess.

Performed by Nadeem Shah & Manu Sikander Dhingra. 

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

Duration: 80 min with 10 minutes interval in between.

Saturday, Sept 28, 7.00 pm

Studio Safdar & May Day Cafe

2253E Shadi Khampur, New Ranjeet Nagar, Shadipur New Delhi, India 110008

Entry open to all, voluntary contributions welcomed.

Dastan-e-Partition at Gandhi Darshan

What: Dastan-e-Taqseem-e-Hind

When: 4 pm, 22nd September

Where: Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat

Performed by: Darain Shahidi and Ankit Chadha

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Dastan-e-Sedition in JNU

This dastan is a special story around the incarceration and trial of Binayak Sen. 

Saahirs (magicians) are ruling over the magical land (tilism) of Kohistan 

and Amar Ayyaar (the chief of tricksters) explores ways to break through the spell.

Performed by Ankit Chadha and Yojit Singh

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

September 4,  

9.30 PM,

KC Open Air Theatre, JNU, Delhi,

New Season, New Tales and New Dastangos

Team Dastangoi 

and 

India Habitat Centre 

Present

New Tales from the Tilism-e Hoshruba

 Afrasiyab, the Emperor of sorcerers and of the TIlism-e Hoshruba sends an ambassador, Qirtas Jadoo to his neighbour Emperor Kaukab Roshan Zameer, the ruler of TIlism-e Noor Afsha where his arch enemy Amar Aiyyar has taken shelter. Qirtas takes off with great fanfare traversing wondrous regions of the Tilism. Amar's disciples, the Aiyyars shadow him but he is too powerful a sorcerer to be easily fooled. On the way Qirtas captures Bahar, the powerful sorceress and the object of Afrasiyab's desires. The Aiyyars free her but Qirtas has now crossed over to the neighboring Tilism. Will he manage to kill Amar, will Aiyyars kill him before that and save their reputation?

Performed by Danish Husain and Mahmood Farooqui

This will be followed by two new women Dastangos 

Poonam Girdhani & Namita Singhai. 

Language: Urdu

Duration: Two Hours

August 1 and 2, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre
Tickets can be bought at http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Dastangoi-New-Tales-From-TheTilismE-Hoshruba/ET00016261

Also available at the Programmes Desk for Rs.350, Rs.250 & Rs.100. 

An Old World Culture presentation

Dastangoi at the Launch of SR Faruqi's The Mirror of Beauty

PENGUIN BOOKS INDIA 

launches

"THE MIRROR OF BEAUTY" 

by 

SHAMSUR RAHMAN FARUQI

Shahid Amin will be in conversation with the author, followed by a reading by Baran Farooqi and 

a dastangoi presentation from the novel 

by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain

7 pm, July 12, 

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre.

RSVP: Priyanka.Sharma@in.penguingroup.com

Dastangoi in Kashmir

As part of the Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival,

Team Dastangoi presents:

Dastan Amar Ayyaar aur  Amir Hamza ke Bachpan ki

May 11: 10.45am

May 12: 11am

and

Dastan Aazar Jaadu Ki

May 12: 4pm

Performed by:

Ankit Chadha and Fouzia

Directed by:

Mahmood Farooqui

Venue: DPS, Srinagar, Athjawan.

Dastangoi at Lucknow Literary Festival

As part of the Lucknow Literary Festival 2013,

there will be a Dastangoi presentation on the cultural evening of the closing day.

Dastan Dhaai Aakhar Kee

a story on Kabir - the poet and the lover, 

The dastan takes you on a journey in search of finding the Kabir who is within us.

Composed and Performed by: Ankit Chadha

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Date: March 24

Time: 5 PM

Venue: Mehfil, Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow

For free passes, register on www.lucknowliteraryfestival.com 

Dastangoi in Pune

The Loft is delighted to host  

Dastangoi: 

the lost art form of Urdu storytelling 

The programme will start with Ankit Chadha giving an introduction to Dastangoi, along with an insight into its history and demonstration of the form. 

The main section of the event is the performance of Dastan Dhaai Aakhar Kee - a story on Kabir - the poet and the lover. Composed and performed by Ankit Chadha under the direction of Mahmood Farooqui, the story takes you on a journey about finding the Kabir who is around you, in you.

Date: Friday, 15th February, 2013

Time: 6.30 pm onwards

Venue: the Loft, 877, Boottee Street Camp, Pune 411001

Kindly RSVP to theloftforum@gmail.com or +91.98.60.88.46.45 to indicate that you will be attending 

as space is limited to 70 people.

Mantoiyat at KLF 2013

Karachi Literature Festival 2013 Edition invites 

Team Dastangoi's

Mantoiyat

A Dastan about the life and times of Sa'adat Hasan Manto

Compiled and Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by: Danish Husain and Darain Shahidi

at 6.15pm on Friday, Feb 15

Main Garden, Beach Luxury Hotel

Karachi

Dastangoi at "Anugoonj 2013"

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, 

as part of their annual festival "Anugoonj 2013", 

are hosting an evening of 

Dastangoi: Tales from Tilism-e-Hoshruba

Performed by: Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Husain

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

on Feb 2, 2013 at 6pm

at the Main Sports Ground, GGS Indraprastha University, Dwarka, Sector 16C, Delhi 110078.

Open to all.

Dastangoi at Sanatkada Festival

As part of the 

Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival 2013, 

a festival of Music, Dance, Drama, History and Cuisine 

we present: 

Qissagoi on "Lucknow Ke Bazaaron Mein Chahal Qadami"

with Ankit Chadha

at Baradari (6 pm)
Feb 1, 2013

Dastangoi (Tales from Tilism-e-Hoshruba)

Performed by Mahmood Farooqui and Danish Hussain

at Oudh Gymkhana Club (8 pm)

Feb 1, 2013

Dastangoi (Tales from Tilism-e-Hoshruba)

Performed by Ankit Chadha and Fauzia

at Baradari (3 pm)

Feb 2 and 3, 2013

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

For Enquiries 

Call: Sanatkada 0522-4077698 Vandana 9889616174

Mantoiyat in JNU

A Dastangoi presentation on the life and times of Sa'adat Hasan Manto,

Mantoiyat

will be performed by: Darain Shahidi and Ankit Chadha

in JNU Convention Centre

at 9 PM

on January 18

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

Chouboli in Mumbai

Barnard College New York with Sophia College Mumbai,

as part of their Winter Mumbai Seminar

present

Dastan-e-Chouboli

Directed by Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by Manu Sikander Dhingra and Nadeem Shah

Date: January 15

Time: 6:00-8:00 pm 

Venue: Sophia College Auditorium

Admission Free

Mantoiyat in the Pink City

Mantoiyat

A Dastangoi presentation of the life and times of Sa'adat Hasan Manto 

at the NSD Bharat Rang Mahotsav XV Parallel Festival

7.00 pm, Jan 17, 2013

Jawahar Kala Kendra

Jaipur

Directed by: Mahmood Farooqui

Performed by: Danish Husain and Mahmood Farooqui

For more details please visit: http://www.nsdtheatrefest.com/jaipur.php

Dastan Dhaai Aakhar Kee at the Kabir Fest

A Dastangoi presentation on 

Kabir - the poet

as part of

There will be three shows, the details of which are given below:

• 11th Jan - 7 pm: Yeshwant chavan auditorium, Nariman Point

• 12th Jan - 6 pm: Carter Road Amphitheatre, Bandra

• 13th Jan - 11 am: Urdu Markaz, Imamwada road.

For the schedule of the complete festival, visit http://www.thekabirfest.com/2013/schedule.php