Mounesh Badiger

Project 560
2013-2014

Grant Period: over six months

Theatre actor, director and writer, Mounesh Badiger will create a performance around the life and works of eminent Kannada writer Masti Venkatesha Iyengar. The performance will begin at Masti’s residence with a walk starting on the road in Gavipuram that is named after the writer, continue into Gandhi Bazaar and culminate at the Basavanagudi Club with a play devised from short stories written by Masti. The performance will take place on 6th June, which also happens to be Masti’s birth and death anniversary. 

This grant is part of Project 560, 2014, made possible with support from Qualcomm Foundation.