
The Artist, the Storyteller, the voice-over artist - different words to describe our guest for the 3rd episode -Kafeel Jafri. Born and brought up in Lucknow, Kafeel has ingrained the #Lucknowi language and culture through mehfils, mushairas and other literary events.
On the professional end of the spectrum - We speak about the transformation from an investment banker to a corporate culture exponential learner bringing theatre art to engage in culture transformation for organisations.
On the Artist's end - He has done about 100 shows of various plays across Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Goa and Delhi. Born and brought up in Lucknow, Kafeel Imbibed the Urdu language and culture from his elder and literary gatherings - Mehfils and Mushairas.
He specialises in a 13th-century Urdu oral storytelling art form called Dastangoi (Urdu: داستان گوئی)
Apart from plays, he has also conceptualised and performed shows around Urdu literature. Some of these shows are Life and works of Faiz, An evening of Ghalib and his Ghazals, Manto ki Kahaniyan and Urdu Shayari aur Ganga-Jamni Tehzeeb.
Enjoy listening to this easy-flowing conversation on the 3rd episode.