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Day 2: Opening Ceremony

25th March, the 2nd day of the festival saw a plethora of distinguished guests. We are so deeply indebted and enthralled by your presence. Dr. Samuel Berthet, Director of Alliance Française of Hyderabad, is a historian, researcher and associated with various cultural activities was present and spoke about his experience with theatre and in particular theatre in Hyderabad.

Dr. Mohammed Abdul Nayeem, Assistant Professor at ICFAI Business School, IFHE Hyderabad works with and for children’s theatre. He spoke about Hyderabad’s theatre journey as part of his personal experience and put forward pertinent questions to ponder on. Dr. Jolly Puthussery, Associate Professor at University of Hyderabad in the Department of Theatre Arts, passionately spoke about how the state of theatre in Hyderabad can be improved upon.

This was followed by speakers like Arani Sen, who is the key person in bringing various Kolkata based eminent Theatre groups to Hyderabad and conducting shows for the last 30 years. Mr. Sen shared his valuable experience and takeaway of the activity he is so passionately involved in.

Mr. Sen was followed by Mr. Dhruba Jyoti Chatterjee. Mr. Chatterjee or DJ Da, as he is more famously known, is an engineer and a theatre enthusiast. In spite of his busy work schedule, he never faltered in promoting and taking part in the craft. He acted and directed plays and has been part of organizing theatre shows. He shared his experience on the theatrescape of Hyderabad as he saw it evolve for over 30 plus years.

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