The Qadir Ali Baig Theater Festival will begin in Hyderabad on November 12

The 21st edition of the Qadir Ali Baig Theater Festival will be held in Hyderabad from November 12 to 20, and will bring together the luminaries of theater and film for a series of performances, film screenings, master classes and workshops.

Curated by Mohammad Ali Baig, the festival will feature artists like Rakesh Bedi, Raghubir Yadav, Shrivardhan Trivedi, Jabbar Patel, Mohan Agashe, Deepti Naval, Goutam Ghose, Masood Akhtar, Roshini Achreja and Kotla Hanumatha Rao.

Highlights include Rakesh Bedi’s performance in Vijay Tendulkar’s Massage and Raghubir Yadav’s Piano, a Steinway Grand adaptation of Hungarian playwright Ferenc Karinthy. Kotla Hanumatha Rao introduces Eruka.

The festival will also showcase Goutam Ghose’s Yatra starring Rekha, Nana Patekar and Deepti Naval and Jabbar Patel’s award-winning Marathi film Jait Re Jait featuring Smita Patil and Mohan Agashe.

The festival will include masterclasses by Jabbar Patel and Raghubir Yadav. Workshops on Language of Light led by Daulat Vaid, Raghav Prakash Mishra and Divyang Shrivastava and Theater for Children led by Ranjana Srivastava are also scheduled.

Organized in memory of theater veteran Qadir Ali Baig, the festival also celebrates the culinary traditions of Hyderabad, with performances traditionally followed by a Hyderabadi chowki dinner at the Baig family’s native haveli.

Published – 9 Nov 2026 20:56 IST