Mumbai, September 2026: ANK, the theater group founded by the late actor, director and theatre-maker Dinesh Thakur in 1976, completes 50 years on October 1, 2026. To mark this significant milestone, ANK presents STAGE 50 – The Dinesh Thakur Legacy Festival, a celebration of five decades of theatre, featuring a specially curated repertoire of ANK's landmark productions alongside its brand-new 50th-year production, Veera Rani Abbakka – The Queen of the Seas, The Fearless Flame

Mumbai, 2025 – As ANK Theatre steps into its 49th year and moves towards its golden jubilee, the group proudly announces its latest production, Sita Banbas. Written in 1928 by the prolific playwright Agha Hashar Kashmiri, the play reimagines one of the most poignant episodes of the Ramayan – Sita’s exile – through a lens that is as relevant today as it was almost a century ago. Atul Tiwari, who directs the production, calls Sita Banbas “a treat to watch and an experience to