“Theatre is a live medium that teaches an actor to be present in the moment, and helps in skill enhancement. On stage, one does not have the benefit of camera and editing. Having said that to assume that every theatre actor is a notch above the rest is like saying every engineer out of IIT is better than engineers from other institutions and that would be preposterous,” says the actor who is currently seen in Rajan Shahi’s Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
The advent of OTT and the pandemic has heavily impacted theatre. There is a fear among many that the art form is at risk of losing its relevance.
Pragati has not seen anything in the past two years. The last play she saw was Moulin Rouge in Paris just before the pandemic in 2019. “I have realised I remember musicals more. Mughal-E-Azam by Firoz Abbas Khan is one such play. I also loved Moulin Rouge for its grandeur,” she shares.