Kavan by Serendipity Arts Festival

Name: Kavan by Serendipity Arts Festival
Start: 2025-12-14T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-14T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Kala Academy

Schedule

Sun Dec 14 2025 at 10:30 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Kala Academy | Panaji, GA

Serendipity Arts Festival is back for its 10th edition in Panjim! In a rapidly changing India, young Bejul and those around him navigate their dreams, desires, and dilemmas while also negotiating the complex terrains of caste and class. Kavan is an operatic satire, written and performed entirely in poetry and song, capturing the young Ambedkarite experience. It attempts to encapsulate the India we see around us today: a nation of mounting ambition, full of contradictions.This Ambedkarite Opera, is an invitation to examine ourselves as citizens, observers andparticipants who are operating on a background of a large hegemonic order, in the world'slargest democracy, through the artistic practices of music, humour, satire and collective storytelling. Curated by: Mahesh DattaniCast and Credits:Performed by - Siddharth Pratibhawant, Pravin Mukta, Priypal Dashantee, Dhammarakshit, Randhive, Amruta Todarmal, Apurva KadamAbhishek Majumdar - DirectorSiddharth Pratibhawant, Sudhesh Jadhav, Pravin Mukta, Priypal Dashantee, Irawati KarnikDhammarakshit Randhive, Amruta Pushkar, Apurva Kadam, Abhishek Majumdar - Songs and PlaytextSiddharth Pratibhawant, Priypal Dashantee, Pravin Mukta, MD Pallavi, Dhammarakshit Randhive, Apurva Kadam - Music ComposersSudesh Jadhav - StoryPallavi MD - Music composer, music supervisor, music arranger and sound designDhammarakshit Randhive, Siddharth Pratibhawant - Music arrangementIrawati Karnik, Jocelyn Clarke - DramaturgyBamBoy - Music production, background score and sound designVeena Appiah - Producer and Production ManagerVeena Appiah, Karishma Bhagani - International producingDiya Naidu - ChoreographyNeel Sengupta, Rituparna Sanyal, Nikhita Singh - Associate DirectorNiranjan Gokhale - Light designerBusshan Patil - Set DesignerGaurav Singh Nijjer - Video DesignerAmruta Todarmal - Costume DesignerBhakti Dange - Asst costume designerVivek Jadhav - Set executionKapil Dev - Cow puppet makerPallavi MD - Poster DesignPratik Chandrakant Patil, Kailas Jadhav, Vijay Kamble - Production associateThe Ensemble, Tanvi Shah - ResearchShubham Roy Choudhury - Archive and publicity designShubham Roy Choudhury, Rahul Bachate - Making of Kavan filmSurabhi George - Documentary Film WorkshopAbdul Asif, Dushyant Deorukhkar - Music CollaborationsNew York University, Global Asia Program, Brahma Prakash, Komita Dhanda, Toral Jatin Gajrawala, Bill Bragin, Awam Amkpa, Mark Swislocki, Avneesh Mishra, Rangshila Theater Group, Mumbai, Nirmik Cultural Centre - Special ThanksSupport line: Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch and Nalanda Arts Studio present Kavan-an Ambedkarite playSupported by NYUAD (New York University Abu Dhabi) Arts and Humanities and co-commissioned by The Arts Center at NYUAD