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Amb da Boota - Mantavya Collective

Part of the Friends of Oddbird Festival 2025 lineup, this ensemble piece about freedom, inheritance, and a dying woman’s wish to become a mango tree returned.

12 September 2025

As an ailing woman prepares for death, she asks to become a mango tree. From that quiet, radical wish unfolds a layered theatre piece - rooted in homes and the women who hold them.

Drawing from Punjabi folklore, memory, and the untold stories of our mothers and theirs, the play blurred magic and the mundane to explore transformation in every sense: of body, space, and spirit. Through shifting scenes, rituals, and the textures of everyday life, it asked what happens when someone dares to become exactly who they wish to be.

Photo Credit: Akshita Doley

Performed & Devised by: Anya Ghai, Bhavya Rampal, Pranjal Vaid, Priyanshu Gupta, Jai Prakash Kumar
Produced by: Mantavya Collective
Set Design: Anuj Chopra & Akhilesh Ji
Lighting Design: Anuj Chopra
Music Composition: Harshal Vyas
Lyrics: Bhavya Rampal
Poster Design: Anya Ghai & Semoni Aggarwal
Production Head: Sumit Rawal
Mentored by: Anitha Santhanam, Irawati Karnik

Supported by DSFM's Niloufer Sagar Alumni Production Grant and StopGap Delhi.

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