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SUMMARY:Veera Rani Abbakka: Queen of the Seas
LOCATION:Experimental Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Hindi play\n\nAn NCPA Presentation in collaboration with Ank Th
 eatre Group\n\nStage 50 – the Dinesh Thakur legacy festival–50 years o
 f Ank Theatre Group\n\nAs Ank Theatre Group celebrates the remarkable mile
 stone of its Golden Jubilee\, the Ank Swarn Jayanti Natya Mahotsav marks t
 he beginning of a year-long celebration of five decades of artistic excell
 ence\, innovation and commitment to Indian theatre.The Mumbai edition of t
 he festival\, to be held across October and November 2026. This festival i
 n Mumbai would be followed by the Dinesh Thakur legacy tour 2026-27- cover
 ing 5 cities with 8 plays and 15 shows to honor the past and light up the 
 future with fifty years of stories and one timeless vision in memory\, ded
 ication and celebration\n\nIn the 1500s\, Portuguese warships swarm the we
 stern coast of India\, masking their economic greed under the guise of “
 protection.” While the rulers of Tulunadu look away and her own husband
 \, King Lakshmappa of Mangalore\, trades sovereignty for foreign favors\, 
 Queen Veera Abbakka of Ullala stands alone. Bound by a deathbed oath to av
 enge her mother’s humiliation at the hands of the colonizers\, she sees 
 the chilling truth: trade today means chains tomorrow.\n\nChoosing her peo
 ple over politics\, Abbakka defies her nobles. She fortifies Ullal\, build
 s a lethal navy\, and aligns with the Zamorin of Calicut to smuggle spices
  to the Arabian countries\, shattering the Portuguese monopoly. When the i
 nvaders seize her vessel\, she answers with fire—storming and crushing t
 he Mangalore Fort.\n\nWhat follows is an epic war of wits and steel. Facin
 g overwhelming cannon fire\, the “Abhaya Rani” (Fearless Queen) weapon
 izes subterfuge\, leading lethal guerrilla strikes that push the invaders 
 back to Goa. Yet\, her greatest threat lies not at sea\, but at home\, whe
 re a resentful husband and whispering traitors plot her downfall.\n\nA cen
 tury before the British East India Company would enslave the subcontinent
 \; Rani Abbakka divined the colonial blueprint and became one of the vangu
 ard heroes of Indian resistance. Imbued with the vibrant energy of Yakshag
 ana—the traditional folk theatre of Karnataka that has kept her legend a
 live for generations—this play weaves oral history and dramatic performa
 nce into a thrilling saga of defiance.\n\nWritten\, Designed & Directed by
  Priita Mathur Thakur\n\nDialogue Writing by Richa Sharad\n\nActors: Priit
 a Mathur Thakur\, Aman Gupta\, Mukul Nag\, Vivek Marwaha\, Prakash Vaswani
 \, Neeta Mohindra\, Jayakara\, Ravish Rathi\, Supurna Malakar\, Titiksha T
 aggar\, Kshitij Kashyap\, Rishab Sawhney Kaustubh Sawant\, Rohan Mehta\, N
 irali Kalani\, Jawed Rehman\, Krushan Doshi\, Vikrant Chaturvedi\, Rafael 
 Stemplewski\, George Darley\, Gourrav Kumar\, Brijeshwar Singh\, Akshay Ma
 ndre and Others\n\nSet Design: Atul Tiwari\n\nCostumes: Mala Dey\n\nSounds
 cape: Aman Gupta\n\nDance Choreography: Tanusree Gupta\n\nLight Design : S
 hivaji Shinde\n\nSound Operation : Saurabh Das\n\nManagement & Production:
  Priita Mathur Thakur\n\nBox Office now open.\n\nBoletos: https://www.ncpa
 mumbai.com/event/veera-rani-abbakka-queen-of-the-seas/
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