It was Atul Kumar's 19-year-old daughter, Noor, who introduced him to Mark Haddon's cult classic, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. "It was both fascinating and devastating," says Kumar, who adapted the book about a "different" 15-year-old teenager to the stage. "I cried a lot. But it is a story that gives you hope and direction. It tells you everything is possible if you keep your mind and heart open." The play premiered last month in Mumbai at the seventh season of Aadyam Theatre, an initiative by the Aditya Birla Group.
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Adani foray into cement drives deep discounts
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Tata Steel's Dutch plant gets warning
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Leave a movie midway, and get some money back
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Banks win SC relief on 30% credit interest cap
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Claims of Reliance Infratel's indirect creditors upheld
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Pushpa 2 most-watched film of 2024, Coldplay hot
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LIVING THE DREAM
The co-founder and CEO of Dream Sports talks about the correlation between academic mediocrity and success, setting the culture at the organisation, and the boom in fantasy sports in India
TKIL in talks with oil, steel cos for green hydrogen plants
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From Swindon to the by-lanes of Bandra
In a stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's book, Atul Kumar re-imagines the characters in Colaba
