मंच पर ज़िंदगी, कुर्सी पर आप
"Life on stage. You in the seat." Independent Hindi & English theatre from the Mandi House circuit.
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Hindi · By Dharamvir Bharati
अंधा युग
A verse-drama set in the last hour of the Mahabharata war. Ashvatthama, Vidura, Yuyutsu, Sanjaya — the survivors confront what was won, and what was destroyed to win it.
"The most assured Hindi production this year." — The Hindu
Hindi By Girish Karnad
तुग़लक़
Karnad's 1964 masterwork — the idealist sultan who became a tyrant. We treat it as a play about every leader who confused conviction with virtue.
Hindi · Urdu By Saif Hyder Hasan
एक मुलाक़ात
Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam meet one last time. A two-hander about love that never asked permission to be love.
Hindi · Chhattisgarhi By Habib Tanvir
चरणदास चोर
Tanvir's loose-limbed parable of an honest thief who refuses to lie even when it costs him his life. Folk-rang staging, live nautanki music.
हिन्दी रंगमंच ज़िन्दा है · और यह हम साबित करते हैं
We started in 2017 because a group of NSD and Shri Ram Centre alumni were tired of being told that Hindi theatre is dead. It isn't. It's just been priced out, aggregator-out, and BookMyShow-fee'd out of reach.
Our model is direct: we stage classics (Bharati, Karnad, Tendulkar, Vijay Tendulkar, Habib Tanvir) and originals from young Hindi/Urdu playwrights, sell tickets directly to the audience, and pay actors fairly. No 18% aggregator cut. No "dynamic pricing" on a ₹300 ticket. The seat costs what the seat costs.
"Rangmanch koi business nahi hai — yeh nashaa hai. Lekin nashaa bhi rent deta hai, isliye tickets seedha humse khareediye."
— Aakanksha Verma, Founding Director
No account. No "convenience fee". No surge pricing.
जो मंच पर हुआ, वो अब इतिहास में है
Mannu Bhandari
Sold-out 8 shows · LTG Auditorium
Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2024 official selection
Dharamvir Bharati
12-show run · Akshara · Sold-out 9/12
"Most assured Hindi production this year" — The Hindu
Habib Tanvir
NSD revival · 6 shows · Studio Safdar
Live nautanki music ensemble
Girish Karnad
5 shows · OBA, Hauz Khas
First post-pandemic full production
Swadesh Deepak
Streamed run · 3,400 viewers
Pandemic-era digital production
Vijay Tendulkar
College tour · DU + JNU + Hindu · 9 shows
Most-attended college-circuit run to date
Full archive of programmes, photos, and recordings available on request — write to hello@apnisite.in
“"Rangmanch Collective's Andhayug is the most assured Hindi production this year — staged with the bone-deep confidence of a company that knows exactly what it is for."”
“"This is the rare independent troupe whose programming refuses both nostalgia and provocation-for-its-own-sake. Tendulkar, Karnad, Bharati — staged like they're still arguing with us."”
“"Aakanksha Verma directs with a terrifying sense of pace. There is not a wasted minute in this 110-minute Andhayug, and the verse lands like blows."”
“"रंगमंच कलेक्टिव की चरणदास चोर एक दुर्लभ चीज़ है — ईमानदार लोक-रंग, बिना नक़ली नौटंकी के तड़के के।"”
“"Mahabhoj at Bharat Rang Mahotsav was the festival's sleeper triumph — a clean, savage adaptation that doesn't announce its politics, only enacts them."”
Three open-batch tracks every quarter — for students, working actors, and aspiring directors. All workshops held at our rehearsal space in Mandi House.
अभिनय की नींव
Stanislavski method + Indian classical text work (Bharata's rasa-theory). For working professionals — Saturday/Sunday mornings only.
आवाज़ और उच्चारण
Sanskrit-rooted Hindi pronunciation, breath control, projection without amplification. Crucial for screen actors moving to stage.
निर्देशन कार्यशाला
For emerging directors with at least one student production. Cohort of 8. Mentorship from Aakanksha Verma + guest sessions with senior NSD faculty.
Ticket sales cover 60% of our season. The rest comes from people like you. Every patronship goes straight into actor honoraria, set fabrication, and venue rentals — no overheads.
मित्र
₹500
One-time or annual
प्रायोजक
₹2,500
One-time or annual
संरक्षक
₹10,000
One-time or annual
इच्छानुसार
You decide
For casting calls, venue rentals, festival programming, or general enquiries — write to us.