Performances
Dastan-e-Alif Layla by Kafeel Jafri
Dastan-e-Alif Layla is a performance based on the tales from Arabian Nights, adapted into Dastangoi form by Kafeel Jafri. This is Kafeel’s first attempt at telling the story of Arabian Nights in Dastangoi medium. The performance consists of a mix of storytelling and poetry. This Urdu performance has been curated for the Arabian Nights in the Sasken Multimedia Gallery.
Kafeel Jafri
Kafeel Jafri is a Bengaluru based theatre artist and poet, specialising in Dastangoi, a dramatic form of storytelling in Hindustani language. He has also conceptualised and performed shows around Urdu literature such as ‘Life and works of Faiz’, ‘An evening of Ghalib and his Ghazals’, ‘Manto ki Kahaniyan’ and ‘Urdu Shayari aur Ganga-Jamni Tehzeeb’. As an actor, Kafeel has also been cast in a feature film, several short films and ads. He also takes drama based workshops for individuals and organisations in diversity and inclusion sensitisation and sales domains.
