His love for music prompted him to found the Sur Hindol, a classical music foundation in Sharjah. Gadagkar hosts many classical music and local programmes for Indian expatriates. Gadagkar directed the music for Jasma Odan. Justin, the unassuming looking tabla player, who works as a Graphic Designer at an architect firm, shrugs when asked what brought him into the fold. This little troupe is only one of the few that are burgeoning all over the UAE as more expatriates begin to feel the need for a universal art culture, irrespective of the fact that they have their own little regional flavours.
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In the same league is another group that has roped in artistes to perform Hindi plays like Rajjo Ki Shaadi, which focuses on the generation gap and Roshni, a Hindi social play. Pratibimb Dubai, an offshoot of the award-winning theatre group in Calcutta, has only been around for a couple of years but is already luring an audience, hungry for more theatre. With the Dubai Drama Group, it is not unusual to hear that the tickets have been sold out. That they make these sacrifices purely to indulge in a deep-seated passion within them makes them enviable sources of inspiration. Do you know of any group in the UAE that is doing something different and commendable.