Theatre & Film
Mumbai has long been the centre of Indian cinema, multi-lingual theatre and television. It is also the gateway into India for international theatre and film festivals.
Theatre
More than 120 theatre shows are presented every year at the NCPA. There is an ongoing presentation of drama in a variety of forms and languages, principally in Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi and English. We also hold workshops involving collaborations with theatre groups from home and abroad, building essential skills and sharing experiences.
Film
In the field of cinema, the collaborators include international film festivals such as Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) and Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), research institutes such as the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in Pune, and film societies in Mumbai. All screenings are introduced by leading filmmakers or scholars, followed by discussion sessions.
Deepa Gahlot is the Head — Programming for Theatre & Film.
Theatre – Recent & Forthcoming Highlights
Film – Recent & Forthcoming Highlights
NCPA Nave Valan
In turbulent India of the Emergency in the 1970's, four friends on the threshold of their teenage years in a little Indian school, gather in their beloved adda (hangout place) to deliberate on the vagaries of school and life.
NCPA Fresh Pix
The NCPA Fresh Pix Series was started to create an audience for regional and indie cinema that often does not reach the lay audience, outside of the film festival circuit.
Frankenstein
Henry Frankenstein is a doctor who is trying to discover a way to make the dead walk. He succeeds and creates a monster that has to deal with living again.
Land Gold Women
Set in modern Birmingham, Land Gold Women revolves around a small British Asian family caught between their traditional past and the tumultuous, faction-driven present. Nazir Ali Khan, a soft-spoken, genteel 45-year-old professor of History at a University in Birmingham, emigrated from India in the 1980’s.
