Actress Ruks Khandagale And Shakespeare Part 21... Jun 2026
“This is Part 21,” she said. “There will be a Part 22. And a Part 23. And a Part the Last, which is no part at all, because the play is never finished. The play is the playing.”
Ruks Khandagale and Shakespeare Part 21 runs from November 15-30. Tickets available via BookMyShow and the NCPA box office.
To watch Part 21 is to understand that Khandagale has stopped acting. She has become the conduit through which the unresolved traumas of the 17th century scream into the 21st. Actress Ruks Khandagale and Shakespeare Part 21...
Beyond her work in web series, Ruks Khandagale has demonstrated versatility by venturing into Bollywood and Marathi cinema, notably appearing in the film Mulshi Pattern
“All the world’s a stage,” she whispered, her Marathi accent curling around the English consonants like smoke around a pillar. “And all the men and women merely players.” “This is Part 21,” she said
She spoke not as Jaques, but as Rosalind. Not the witty, cross-dressing Rosalind of courtly love, but Rosalind after the epilogue. Rosalind who had stepped out of the fiction and into a world that did not want her. Rosalind who had seen the forest of Arden bulldozed for a data center.
Don’t bring flowers. Bring a teacup. And an apology. And a Part the Last, which is no
“Most actors fear the ‘monster’ roles,” says veteran director Mahesh Dattani, who has observed the series since Part 4. “Ruks runs toward them. In Part 21, she makes Caliban sympathetic but not noble. She makes him ruthless. There is a moment where she drinks from every single teacup just to prove she can consume the master’s culture from the inside. It is devastating.”
series, Khandagale typically portrays characters that are central to the show's dramatic and often bold themes. Context of Part 21:
Khandagale laughs. It is a dry, tea-kettle sound. “Survival is bourgeois. Shakespeare didn’t write for survival. He wrote for legacy. Part 21 is about the rage of being seen as property. Part 22, which we start rehearsing next month, is King John . That is about the rage of being seen as a bad king. It’s all rage. It’s all the same play, really.”
: They often appear together in content across Indian digital platforms like Ullu, PrimeShots, and Hotshots, where Ruks has established herself as a prominent web series lead.
“This is Part 21,” she said. “There will be a Part 22. And a Part 23. And a Part the Last, which is no part at all, because the play is never finished. The play is the playing.”
Ruks Khandagale and Shakespeare Part 21 runs from November 15-30. Tickets available via BookMyShow and the NCPA box office.
To watch Part 21 is to understand that Khandagale has stopped acting. She has become the conduit through which the unresolved traumas of the 17th century scream into the 21st.
Beyond her work in web series, Ruks Khandagale has demonstrated versatility by venturing into Bollywood and Marathi cinema, notably appearing in the film Mulshi Pattern
“All the world’s a stage,” she whispered, her Marathi accent curling around the English consonants like smoke around a pillar. “And all the men and women merely players.”
She spoke not as Jaques, but as Rosalind. Not the witty, cross-dressing Rosalind of courtly love, but Rosalind after the epilogue. Rosalind who had stepped out of the fiction and into a world that did not want her. Rosalind who had seen the forest of Arden bulldozed for a data center.
Don’t bring flowers. Bring a teacup. And an apology.
“Most actors fear the ‘monster’ roles,” says veteran director Mahesh Dattani, who has observed the series since Part 4. “Ruks runs toward them. In Part 21, she makes Caliban sympathetic but not noble. She makes him ruthless. There is a moment where she drinks from every single teacup just to prove she can consume the master’s culture from the inside. It is devastating.”
series, Khandagale typically portrays characters that are central to the show's dramatic and often bold themes. Context of Part 21:
Khandagale laughs. It is a dry, tea-kettle sound. “Survival is bourgeois. Shakespeare didn’t write for survival. He wrote for legacy. Part 21 is about the rage of being seen as property. Part 22, which we start rehearsing next month, is King John . That is about the rage of being seen as a bad king. It’s all rage. It’s all the same play, really.”
: They often appear together in content across Indian digital platforms like Ullu, PrimeShots, and Hotshots, where Ruks has established herself as a prominent web series lead.
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