• Can you start by telling us a brief history of Puppetry as an art form in India? Why Asia has a strong puppet history?
  • Historically, has it always been for children and entertainment? Where all puppetry was used?
  • In one of your articles online, you mentioned “Puppetry is gradually becoming a potent tool to address social issues. It is not just kids’ entertainment anymore. Can you tell us a few instances of how have you used puppetry outside its traditional and confined ways?
  • What different types of puppets have been explored? String-based, hand puppets, semi-sculptural…?
  • Traditionally, how long does a puppetry show lasts? Which type of people are involved in any performance? Director, Writer, etc…
  • Who is a puppeteer? What does he do?
  • At Pune Design Festival, I saw a small performance of yours in which you brought life to shoes? What all can be used in puppetry?
  • What is the most important ingredient required to bring realism to a puppet show?
  • At least from my experience, Puppet’s “look” has a distinct aesthetic style. If yes, why? How have people experimented with different looking puppets? Can there be an almost real human-looking puppet?
  • What is the future of puppetry w.r.t stories, techniques, form factor, and more…? How can people get into puppetry?

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