Ottam: Born to Run by Serendipity Arts Festival
Schedule
Sun Dec 14 2025 at 06:30 am to 08:30 am
UTC+00:00Location
Old GMC palace | Panaji, GA
Serendipity Arts Festival is back for its 10th edition from 12-21 Dec in Panjim! Ottam traces the life of Akai Amaran, a Paraiyar girl from rural Tamil Nadu, who battles caste and class barriers to become one of India’s leading track and field athletes as an 800 metres runner. Her arduously created world collapses when she is asked to undertake a gender test, which she fails.The questions of gender and sex that govern our everyday existence become most apparent in the field of sport where the body is on display for anyone who wishes to dissect it. Akai’s existence, further highlighted by her victories, poses a challenge to socially established binary models supported and perpetuated by those governing international athletics, the media, internet trolls, and even her own extended family. A parallel sociological narrative urges us to look at sex and gender in a more nuanced way as the unstoppable Akai fights to win the race she started — the race that can only be won by the spirit of human progress. In Akai's words: 'In any race, what’s of utmost importance is ... to go on running! Ottam!'Note: The end time is approximate and may vary slightly.Language: Primarily in Hindi with few parts in English and TamilCurated by: Mahesh DattaniCast and Credits: Tamaasha Theatre - ProducerSapan Saran - Writer and DirectorAayush Thakur, Chetna Dhyani, Deepali Badekar, Dipika Pandey, Janhvi, Prabhakar, Prabhakar Mathapati, Shashank Pallav, Shweta Mishra, Sushama Deshpande, Vijay David - CastAaryan Tandon - Assistant DirectorMaithily Bhupatkar - ChoreographerAdalarasu, Satish Krishna - Music ComposersJahnvi Shrimankar, Parvati Ramachandran - VocalsAdalarasu, Raghuram Godavarthi - Tamil LyricsHidayat Sami - LightsAdditional Composition - Sukant GoelKalyani Gugle - Costume DesignMeghna Roy Choudhury - Set DesignHidayat Sami - LightsSwar - Sound Design
Where is it happening?
Old GMC palace, Panaji, India
Tickets
INR 499
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