Naseeruddin Shah's play on Rushdie attack to open Prithvi festival

Naseeruddin Shah's new play 27 Seconds, based on Salman Rushdie's memoir Knife about the 2022 stabbing attack on him in New York, will open Mumbai's Prithvi Theatre Festival on November 2 and 3. Adapted by Shah and Koushik Sen, it ends with a plea for artistic freedom and will later travel to Delhi, Chandigarh and Bengaluru.