a theatre audience should never forget that they are sitting in a theatre the stage can never have the same reach as films so why should it try and cater to the lowest common denominator let it have its own fringe identity says naseeruddin with conviction with ratna and him having sailed through the stage for most of their lives its now their son imad who is on the horizon of acting imad still isnt sure whether he wants to be an actor but he has the ease and confidence on stage because hes been around it since he was three but the flipside is that the stage is not a mystery to him as it was to me hes missed out on the sense of wonder that the stage brings to an actor initially