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Introduction
India's economic capital and the abode of the candyfloss
silver screen, the spark called Mumbai attracts thousands
of moths towards itself round the year. Though it is
the lure of the Bollywood glamour and the promise of
a livelihood that make people run to Mumbai; the Arabian
sea and the Western Ghats topped up with the lip smacking
Paw Bhaji and Vada Paw along with important historical
monuments like Gateway of India, Elephanta caves, Haji
Ali mosque, along with the Bombay Stock Exchange, the
water parks and shopping malls, this truly cosmopolitan
city offers a heady cocktail of history and the contemporary.
The Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai are at present the hub
of theatrical excellence and experiments in Mumbai,
famous for the Maratha theatre.
Location
The Prithvi Theatre is located at Janki Kutir, on Juhu
Church Road a by lane near Juhu Beach.
History
The Prithvi Theatre , a traveling theatre company was
established by the 1950s Bollywood screen icon Prithviraj
Kapoor in 1944. The first theatre company in the country
with a permanent crew, and a mission to do good with
the help of art, Prithvi Theatre set the trail for the
present day concept of theatre. After the demise of
Prithviraj Kapoor in 1972, his son Shashi Kapoor and
daughter-in-law Jennifer Kapoor established the Prithviraj
Kapoor Memorial Trust and bought a land in 1975. The
200 seat theatre as we see it today was inaugurated
on 5th November 1978. Bent on providing theatre artists
with a decent livelihood, the Prithvi Theatre is an
important landmark for theatre enthusiasts and performers
all over the country.
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Theatre Mumbai as a place of tourist interest.
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