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Prayog is a well-known Hindi theatre group of India, that was established on August 15th, 1976 in Indore, India by Late Prof. Satish Mehta and his National Award-winning actor wife Mrs. Jyotsna Mehta. Over the years, Prayog had opened branches in Bhopal, Mumbai, Rewa, Noida, and New Jersey, USA.
“Prayog” is a Hindi language word, that means experimentation. As the meaning indicates Prayog is different in the sense that it puts up its plays with experimentation in content, format, and presentation. The plays seek to throw a new and different light on social and political issues. Prayog’s constant endeavor is to bring a fresh viewpoint. The remarkable factor in the plays performed by Prayog is the variety in form and way of presentation.
Unique in format and presentation, Prayog’s plays seek to throw light on social and political issues. Satish Mehta constantly strived to bring a fresh viewpoint. According to him, our main aim is to address social anomalies and shortcomings. He developed his unique style of theater and took multiple elements from the folk traditions of Indian theater and fused them with the modern trends of theater to come up with his unique style.
The first play performed by Prayog was “Doosara Darwaja” (Writer – Dr. Laxmi Narain Lal) and this theater group has never looked back ever since. It has gone from strength to strength putting up 1500+ performances to date of 85 full-length plays.