 The auditorium, which opened in 2004, was envisioned by Arundathi Nag, in remembrance of her late husband, Shankar Nag, who was a renowned actor in the Kannada film industry.It aims to promote theatre in all languages and prides itself in lending out the space at an extremely low fare.It follows an at least "a play a day" policy, six days a week (except on Mondays).