In this candid conversation, lyricist, singer, actor and storyteller Swanand Kirkire opens up about performing at an iconic stage, the power of collective singing, and why simplicity in expression moves him the most.

xThe stage at National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) holds its own kind of silence before a performance. It’s not the silence of emptiness but of reverence — the kind that remembers every note that’s been sung and every word that has echoed through its walls. For Swanand Kirkire, stepping onto this stage is more than just a concert.

“Oh, it’s an iconic venue,” he says with an unmistakable warmth, before adding, “I have seen the greatest of the great people perform there before — classical musicians, western classical musicians, great plays, Indian and western. That p

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