Naatak – Indian Theatre & Film

Naatak’s latest offering Amavasya is every bit captivating as it promises to be. The brainchild of playwright and director Sujit Saraf, it is a Hindi musical (with English super titles) completely in verse. The verses themselves are brilliantly composed and arranged and the translation mercifully accurate. The play is supported by a talented cast and crew (amazing set by Asheesh Divetia and team, and costumes by Vishalini Vimal), but the evening clearly belonged to the dancers and musicians. The graceful, lilting, and exquisitely coordinated movements of the dancers (kudos to Rasika Kumar) were enhanced by the musical expertise of Nachiketa Yakkundi, and a sense of rhythm that Sujit’s masterpiece is steeped in. A must-​see for Indian theatre lovers.

Naatak is to Bay Area what Broadway Theater is to New York.
Plays that tickle and enliven your senses with great scripts, acting and production can be associated with Naatak. Naatak’s plays are conveniently scheduled during weekends where one can relaxingly enjoy the plays.
Naatak’s plays have been conducted all over Bay Area.
The other good thing: Price. For such an awesome production, the ticket prices are just a loot. And what more interesting– the early bird discounts and the group discounts.
Audience also get a chance to interact with the production members which gives us more insights into the plays.
Overall Naatak makes the audience come back again to watch more and more plays.

Naatak is one of the primary reason I love to be in Bay Area and dont want to leave this place. It a second home for me. The members of this group have become an extended family.

«God of Carnage» was a great show and modified just enough to fit Indian characters perfectly. The performers were all first rate and clearly put a lot of hard work into the show. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much. Refreshingly honest and a great time at the theater. This was my first time seeing a performance by Naatak but it absolutely will not be the last!

Naatak’s God of Carnage was a great way to spend an evening! The cast and crew has done a phenomenal job of taking the original play based on two upper middle class New York couples and adapting it to a two couples based in the Bay Area (Annette become Anita, Veronica turns into Renuka, nice touch!)… the play delivers on the original’s mix of satire, farce, slapstick and really great one-liners.The Naatak cast was amazing. Such a wonderful performance, very entertaining.

God of Carnage… great show… I like the sets and the actors… seems like the actors have been rehearsing for years… maybe their real life…
the tempo was very good and the sets were very good…
great acting by the two ladies…
very typical good performance by Naatak.