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Title: Merchant on Venice
Description: This is a scene from the play Merchant on Venice by Shishir Kurup. The play, which is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, follows Jitendra, a Bollywood actor chasing success in Hollywood, who plots to marry a wealthy heiress to fund his film but becomes entangled with a dangerous Muslim moneylender, risking his closest friendship; the play explores identity, ambition, and the tensions of diaspora life while probing themes of empathy, prejudice, and personal responsibility.
Date: 2014
Producer: EnActe Arts
Director: Sonalee Hardikar and Amsalan Doraisingam
Playwright: Shishir Kurup
Production Location: Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
Subject: Sukanya Chakrabarti
Identifier: SC7