Indian Theatre has a history of more than 5000 years. The first treatise the Natya Shastra, was written by Bharat Muni around between 2nd century BC and 4th century AD. Indian Theatre started as a narrative form that is reciting, singing and dancing becoming the integral part of the theatre. The emphasis on narrative elements made it more theatrical and encompassed all forms of literature and fine arts.

Elements of Drama is one of the important aspects of drama and Theatre. The elements involve: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action or Plot; Characters; Language; Music; and Spectacle. Since plays are written with the intention of performance, the reader of the play must use her imagination to enact the play as she reads it. Indian drama and theatre have all these elements and followed every details.

Marathi Drama & Theatre is always considered important in Indian drama after the Bengali Dramas. Marathi theatre rose in full swing in Poona and Mumbai, with the inception of dramas by Vishnupath Bhave.There were many experimental plays, which were written in such a way, that they rationalized the old medieval performance. This led to the formation of the professional Bhave Company. The Marathi drama was still a dominant feature of Western India and it soon became imbued with national self-awareness.

One of Mumbai`s famous theatres, the Prithvi Theatre belongs to the Kapoor clan, one of the most influential actor/director families in Bollywood. This theatre is dedicated to the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor.Dedicated to encouraging professional theatre, Prithvi Theatre has made a conscious decision to keep its theatre rent down. Since that time, the Prithvi Theatre has endeavored to act as a catalyst to nurture and develop Indian theatre over the years.

A man of many talents - Alyque Padamsee is also known as the Ad Guru of India. He is responsible for revolutionizing the advertising scene of India. This legendary Indian theater personality has played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film Gandhi. A creator of many memorable projects in the arena of theatre and advertising, he started his stage performances, while he was very young.

Theatre in Bengal developed as a protest against the British Raj. The seed of contemporaneousness, which was sown back in the British era, gained a rather articulate contour in the hands of the famous Bengali theatre personalities like Girish Ghosh. The famous stages in Bengali theatre still bears this rich history of Indian Natya so very expressively. The most famous theaters in Bengalee are Star Theatre, Academy Of Fine Arts, Rabindra Sadan, Girish Maanch Etc.

Puppetry or the puppet theater is one of the ancient forms of entertainment in India. Although primarily it is used as a form of entertainment; yet its importance in conveying significant meaning cannot be denied. Indian Puppet Theater developed not only as an art form but also as an effort of conveying a lot whilst uttering actually nothing. India, which has a rich history of her creativity, has slowly became a name in the rich timeline of Indian Natya with the emergence of this Indian puppetry as a typical visual art form.