Kuch Panne
Three stories by Munshi Premchand and Bhisham Sahni, directed by Seema Bhargava Pahwa
Venue: Gyan Manch
Date: 28th November, 2026
KCC presents Kuch Panne by Kopal Productions, directed by Seema Bhargava Pahwa. Through Munshi Premchand’s Gulli Danda and Bhisham Sahni’s Gango Ka Jaya and Saag-Meat, the production moves from childhood friendship to migration and class, bringing enduring literary texts into the immediacy of live performance. Featuring Sawan Tank, Mayank Pahwa and Seema Bhargava Pahwa, as the 3 performers take you through 3 stories each providing a very different window POV into society. The programme is presented as part of AMI Arts Festival 2026.
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Through humour, irony and tragedy, the story enters a household
d shaped by class and service, gradually exposing the power structures beneath apparently ordinary relationships.
Together, the three pieces show how literature can move into performance without losing the social observations at the heart of the original texts.
Seema Bhargava Pahwa is an actor, director and theatre practitioner whose career spans theatre, television and cinema. She has worked extensively with literary texts on stage and made her feature-film directorial debut with Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi.
Kopal Productions is a Mumbai-based theatre company founded by Manukriti Pahwa and Mayank Pahwa, with a repertoire spanning literary adaptations, contemporary theatre and experimental work. Kolkata Centre for Creativity presents Kopal Productions’ Kuch Panne, directed by Seema Bhargava Pahwa, bringing three stories by Munshi Premchand and Bhisham Sahni from the page to the stage at AMI Arts Festival 2026.
Across three individual performances, the production moves through childhood, migration, class, loyalty and the relationships shaped by social inequality.
Gulli Danda
By Munshi Premchand | Performed by Sawan Tank
A story of childhood friendship remembered across the distance created by class and time. What begins with nostalgia gradually reveals how social hierarchy can alter relationships that once seemed uncomplicated.
Gango Ka Jaya
By Bhisham Sahni | Performed by Mayank Pahwa
A story centred on migrant labourers living at the margins of Delhi, examining the realities of those whose work helps build the city while security and belonging remain out of reach.
