National School of Drama (NSD) to organise 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) 2026 across 40 locations

Key facts

• The National School of Drama (NSD) will organise the 25th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM) 2026 from 27 January to 20 February.
• The festival will be held across 40 locations in India and will feature at least one production from a country in each of the seven continents.
• BRM 2026 will showcase 277 Indian productions and 12 international productions across 228 Indian and foreign languages and dialects.
• New festival centres include Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, Aizawl in Mizoram, Tura in Meghalaya, Nagaon in Assam, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, and Rohtak in Haryana.
• The event will feature curated segments including Adirang Mahotsav for tribal theatre, Jashne Bachpan for children’s theatre, and Poorvottar Natya Samaroh for North-Eastern theatre.
• For the first time, the festival will include productions by transgender communities, sex workers, and senior citizens.
• Under the Shruti initiative, 17 books will be launched during the festival, which will also showcase 33 productions directed by women.
• International collaborators for the event include the National Polish Theatre Academy, the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Madrid, and the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts – GITIS (Moscow).