Actor Naseeruddin Shah will portray Salman Rushdie in 27 Seconds, a stage adaptation of Rushdie’s account of the August 12, 2022 assassination attempt at Chautauqua Institution, New York. Based on passages from his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder and adapted with Rushdie’s approval, the play will be staged at the Prithvi Theatre Festival on November 2 and 3.
