India, April 2 -- The state capital witnessed four plays and two dastaangoi shows during the three-day Natya Nirvan Festival, held at the UP Sangeet Natak Academy. On Sunday, veteran film writer-playwright Javed Siddiqui and poet-actor-director Nadira Babbar were conferred with The Thespian Award during the event held to mark the World Theatre Day. Theatre personalities Salim Arif and Anil Ranjan Bhaumik held a discussion on theatre legends Ebrahim Alkazi and Badal Sircar. They were joined by BFTA founder Tariq Khan, Shubham Tiwari, Vindu Khare Das, and Prateek Mahant. The plays staged on the occasion were Savita Rani's Notions in Between You & Me, Shubham Tiwari's India After Bhagat Singh, Swati Dubey's Agarbatti, and Tariq Hamid's Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein. Gunjan Jain and Ajay Jain performed dastaan Hum Dekhenge (on poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz), while Vineet Mishra and Pallavi Raj performed dastaangoi Dhanush Yagya.HTC...