Rajit Kapur reveals his plans to open Udaipur Storytelling Pageant

If Rajit Kapur ever will get misplaced, there’s one place he’ll at all times return to: tales. Over a four-decade profession, the actor has travelled throughout mediums, codecs, and languages in his pursuit of storytelling. So, it comes as little shock that he’ll open the seventh version of the Udaipur Tales Worldwide Storytelling Pageant, the place he’ll recite two tales and work together with a dwell viewers. “As actors, we’re the mediums of storytelling for the stage, digicam, or platform. The great thing about that is that [there is an] interplay with a dwell viewers,” he smiles. Kapur will carry out Kachre Ki Hifazat by Ashok Mishra and Manju by Hussain Dalal on the three-day pageant. “I’ve carried out these on stage earlier than. This time, I’m utilizing a fundamental set-up with music, which can enable the viewers’s creativeness to move into the story,” he shares.

After the pageant, Kapur will be part of the shoot of Storm, Hrithik Roshan’s first sequence as a producer. He tells mid-day that he’s excited to give up to director Ajitpal Singh, after admiring his craft for a very long time. “I’ve seen Tabbar [2021] and I really like how otherwise cinematic it was. [He] permits a sure weight to every actor. I’ll be part of him after every week. They’ve already began capturing,” he says.

Rajit Kapur on bonding with ‘Storm’ forged

Kapur final bonded together with his co-stars, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Saba Azad, and Ashish Vidyarthi, when Prime Video organized a meet-up for your entire forged. “It was an vital night to bond as a staff. It creates concord; and I’ve at all times seen some magic come out of it someplace,” he says, recollecting his theatre days with Shyam Benegal.

Jan 9–11
Dates of the Udaipur Storytelling Pageant