Sessions
Colouring Outside the Lines
Shefalee Vasudev, Danish Husain with Sadhana Rao
From Hindavi to Dakhni to Urdu
Danish Husain with Arundhati Ghosh
Bio
Danish Husain is an actor, poet, storyteller, and a theatre director. He was instrumental in reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi, which he later evolved into a multilingual storytelling format, Qissebaazi. He lives in Mumbai and runs his own theatre company The Hoshruba Repertory.
Among his known screen works are Bard of Blood, Tajmahal 1989, Bombay Begums, Delhi Crime Season 2 and the Mexican film Lucca’s World on Netflix; as well as Mee Raqsam and Crime Beat on Zee5.
He writes poetry in English, Hindi, and Urdu. His poems have been published in several anthologies including Sudden Sen’s Converse: Contemporary Poetry by Indians to commemorate the 75th year of Indian independence, and Usawa Literary Review, to name a few. He was invited by Urdu International, Australia to perform and participate in their international Mushaira.