The attempt is to broaden the repertoire of the puppeteers by incorporating contemporary themes of epic proportions like life of Gandhiji, thereby keeping it alive for posterrity. The exhibition venture evoked a great deal of interest from discerning art-critics, media and public alike. Children from many schools across the city visited the exhibition. In India, a screen is tied, behind which the show is staged. Lamps are lit and against the light of which puppets dance to the sutradhar's commands on bamboo sticks attached to their backs.
Some theatres make every part movable and some others have only the main body movable.