Director and founder of Janapadam Srinivas Denchanala discusses four decades of using theatre to amplify marginalised voices through Telugu theatre
For the past three months, a rehearsal space at Dr BR Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad has been home to the 15-member cast and crew of the Janapadam Modern Travelling Theatre Repertory. They have been preparing Neelaveni, a new Telugu play that was staged at Ravindra Bharathi. “Neelaveni is unique because it explores the conflict…