Ankahi – A Supernatural Thriller by Aadyam Theatre

Aadyam Theatre Breaks New Ground As Eighth Season Debuts In Delhi With Ankahi, A Supernatural Thriller

Aadyam Theatre, since its inception, has been synonymous with theatrical excellence in India. A pioneering theatre initiative by the Aditya Birla Group, it is back for its eighth season with renewed vigour, great storytelling, and remarkable performances across Mumbai and Delhi. The new season begins on an exciting note with its very first play, Ankahi, debuting in Delhi. Not just that, but it also explores a genre that has never been attempted before under the Aadyam initiative – the supernatural thriller. Aadyam Theatre is all set to deliver scale, ambition and theatrics to a live stage at Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium on 28th and 29th March 2026.

Ankahi, directed by Vikranth Pawar, is the Hindi adaptation of Susan Hill’s classic horror story The Woman In Black. It was originally adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt and went on to become one of the longest-running productions in the West End. Ankahi is the chilling tale of Sandeepan Chauhan, a middle-aged lawyer, who is afflicted with a haunting secret from his past. Unable to find words to unburden himself from this truth, he resorts to a young, skeptical actor to turn his tryst with horror into a staged performance. As the performance takes shape, the audience gets immersed in Chauhan’s past, where a simple, legal matter to settle the estate of a deceased woman, Fatima Ilyas, turns into a nightmare.

As the story unfolds, the lines between reality and performance blur and Chauhan relives his terror while the young actor gets more and more involved in the story. This supernatural thriller navigates themes of truth and grief, while exploring the question – Does facing our darkest truths guide us towards light, or does it pull us even deeper into the darkness?

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The cast includes Rohit Chaudhary (Bareilly ki Barfi, Jabariya Jodi, The Forgotten Army) as the young actor, and Gopal Datt (Tere Naam, Bunty Aur Babli 2, Delhi Crime) portrays Sandeepan Chauhan. Vikranth Pawar takes the wheel as the director of this psychological thriller. Before his Aadyam debut, Vikranth directed the classic fairy tale Beauty And The Beast, bringing the Disney Broadway-style musical to India for the first time.

Vikranth Pawar, Director of Ankahi, said, “Ankahi – The untold story of The Woman in Black is 90 minutes of pure drama and thrill on stage. This genre of supernatural thriller is a whole different experience in the live medium of theatre. The scares are that much more real; the spook is that much more eerie and the drama is that much more tense. The play is truly what theatre has to offer in its raw and unbound form where the Ankahi story of The Woman in Black doesn’t just unfold on stage, it does even in your imagination.”

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