Two-day Deccan Literature Festival begins in Pune

A segment, Coffee Table Talk, was hosted by Salim Arif where he interviewed Shukla.

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Actor Saurabh Shukla (centre) and theatre director Waman Kendre (left) in Pune, Saturday. (Express Photo by Pavan Khengre)

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To bring literature and art lovers together the 4th edition of the Deccan Literature Festival was inaugurated at the Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir on Saturday by actor-director Saurabh Shukla.

Speaking at the event, Shukla, who is also a screenwriter, said, “ Writing happened accidentally and was never my aspiration. I always wanted to become an actor, but while doing theatre, I realised the need to write because I couldn’t understand other writers’ work. I started writing for myself and then it slowly became a routine for me.”

A segment, Coffee Table Talk, was hosted by Salim Arif where he interviewed Shukla. “Theatre and Films are not singular art forms, but rather a collective platform where many art forms come together in a symphony,” said Shukla.

The two-day festival is organised by the Dakani Adab Foundation and includes artists from various fields. Lubna Salim and Harsh Chhaya will perform the play, Humsafar, while Monika Singh and Vaibhav Joshi will present poems and ghazals in Hamnava. A Nautanki performance by Pt Ramdayal Sharma and a recitation of his verses by poet Surender Sharma will be a part of the festival.

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