Natak Company - a group of enthusiastic and free spirited youngsters, has been formed with a view to performing plays which are honest and different and which will appeal to both, the masses as well as to the eclectics. The good news for them is that their play 'Geli Ekvis Varsha' has been short listed for the international theatre festival in Italy- Universo Teatro, that will take place in Benevento, Italy, from October 21st- October 25th , 2010.The play was selected amongst hundreds of entries from all over the world. The play made headlines when it won the Best Play award along with many others at the prestigious National Festival Thespo 11 in December 2009. After proving on the national platform,

Natak Company is all set to take their play at the international level for the second time in a span of just 3 months.

'Geli Ekvis Varsha' presents a unique theme Straight out of the minds of 21 year olds. The story of a youngster who finally goes to a reality show which is there to create an extremist, terrorist young force. Is it fundamentalist? Religious? Regional? Certainly not! Exactly what happened to the young parents, involved in liberal, leftist, socialist movements in and after the 1975 Emergency? What happened to the concept of a free, secular, liberal and ideal nation ? What happened to those values and ethics which they expected from their previous generation of freedom fighters? What exactly did happen in the last 21 years? These are the questions raised by the play.

Written by Dharmakirti Sumant, directed by Aalok Rajwade with music by Gandhaar Sangoram ; the cast of this play comprises of Amey Wagh, Siddharth Menon, Sayalee Phatak, Vishwajeet Kadam, Manali Bibikar, Ruturaj Shinde, Gautam Raddi,Amol Gokhale and Shardul Kadam.