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Language: English (some Hindi)

Shikhandi- the story of the inbetweens, is a comic, tongue-in-cheek retelling of the story of Shikhandi. Mixing the traditional with the contemporary, the play questions maleness, femaleness and everything in between. 

Shikhandi is perhaps one of the earliest trans-characters known in mythology. Shikhandi was meant to be born male to avenge an insult in her past life as Amba. But the bigger karmic game unfolds when she is reborn female, raised male, has a sex change on her wedding night (thanks to a Yaksha, and finally fulfils her destiny – to be the cause of Bhishma’s death. 

The play was runner-up at the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Awards 2016. Shikhandi was also awarded Best Play at the Laadli Media Awards 2017 & Best Ensemble and Best Supporting Actor (Female) at META 2018

22nd March 2025 marks exactly 8 years of Shikhandi opening at the NCPA, the original venue at which it was staged and designed for.

Production : Shikhandi- The Story of the Inbetweens
Writer: Faezeh Jalali
Directed by: Faezeh Jalali
Cast: Srishti Shrivastava, Tushar Pandey, Meher Acharia-Dar, Junaid Khan, Karan Desai, Akash Ghosalkar
Produced by: FATS TheArts

Box Office: 9th February for Members & 12th February for Public.