‘Mira’ was written by Gurcharan Das and adapted to the stage in 1972.

Mira explores the phenomenon of sainthood through the story of Mirabai, the sixteenth-century Rajput poetess-saint. It combines Indian legend with the sophistication of Western total theatre, something along the lines of a dream ritual.

Mira was about Mirabai, and the production was kind of a fusion of a spoken word that projected Kangra paintings of Radha and Krishna along with live music on sitar, tabla and vocals. This was a breakthrough as it went on tour to Ahmedabad and Delhi. It was acknowledged as a unique way of presenting theatre which had music in it with human voice. Actors spoke and they disappeared on stage into a painting and then the painting dissolved and the actors were there again on a platform. Above them was a live musician who was seen in silhouette at most of the times playing Mira bhajans.

Playwright Gurcharan Das, who wrote this play, was the first recipient of the Sultan Padamsee Award for his historical play ‘Larins Sahib’.

Fun Fact : This was the first production that had multi-projection images.