Happy Birthday, Jagjit Singh

February 22, 2015

The celebrated ghazal singer Jagjit Singh was born on February 8, 1941 and to celebrate this life and works, Mehfil@Prithvi …

Faiz ki Mehfil

March 21, 2013

‘Faiz Ahmed Faiz’ was the topic selected for our mehfil in March. To most Urdu lovers Faiz- the poet needs …

May 13, 2012

Author and iconoclast, late Saadat Hasan Manto often roused controversy and—in the process—forced us to confront our own hypocrisy and …

May 4, 2012

“From the jilted squalour and refuse of life, he picks out pearls. He enjoys digging in the refuse because he …

April 19, 2012

Ismat Apa (Ismat Chughtai) and Annie (Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider) would have been peeping from the stars when our third mehfil (on …

March 15, 2012

We geared up for our second session of Mehfil @prithvi making sure the loose ends were all tied up. Our …

February 18, 2012

Yeh Masail-e-Tasawwuf..Yeh tera bayaan Ghalib, Tujhe hum wali samajhte, jo na baadakhwaar hota Masail – topic or subject of discussion; …

February 5, 2012

Mehfil is the Urdu word for a gathering, and at Prithvi Theatre, it is coming home as a gathering of …

November 29, 2011

Centenary Celebrations of the Legendary Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, at Nehru Centre, Mumbai 15th December, 2011 at 4.30pm: Javed Akhtar …