Shashi remembers his father as an actor-manager who refused to acknowledge hierarchies and was fondly addressed as ‘Papa ji’. ‘‘The theatres made about Rs 3,000 per performance with 10-rupee tickets but it was not enough to pay everyone’s salaries,’’ recalls Shashi. Papa ji often spent his earnings from the big screen on theatre.
In 1978, Shashi and wife Jennifer opened Prithvi Theatre, which has evolved into a cultural laboratory, exactly the way Prithviraj envisioned it.
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