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Join Mahmood Farooqui in reviving Dastangoi at this festival in Juhu
Updated On: 20 June, 2024 09:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble
A four-day long celebration of Dastangoi presented by exponent Mahmood Farooqui will aim to revive the age-old art form in the city
A moment from performance Dastan-e-Alice
In traditional white attire, a dastango walks onto the stage and takes a seat to present a story through the 13th century Urdu art form. Interestingly, the tales to be told in Urdu are the Mahabharata and Alice in Wonderland. As Delhi-based dastangoi exponent Mahmood Farooqui takes stage with many such surprises at the Jashn-e-Dastangoi starting today, he lays out what it takes to revive an art form.
“Any retelling of events that wields the power to captivate audiences through a simple narration can be presented as a dastan. How is the Mahabharata any different then? It has been passed down generations through simple storytelling. That’s the beauty of it,” shares Farooqui, who is set to return to Mumbai with his troupe after nearly a year.
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