This book was first published in 1989 on the occasion of the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh, a festival of contemporary theatre organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Playwrights and directors, who built up the Indian theatre post-independence, were well represented in this unique festival and almost all were specially interviewed on its eve by well-known theatre critics. We took care to gather documentation on the Participants that was not easily available in print at that time, and photographs of staged productions which too were not easy to come by. The late Rajinder Paul, editor of Enact and Vice-Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi, conceived of this publication and gave it its basic form. The handsome volume was well received during the festival, and has remained in demand since then.
This useful work on Indian theatre has been out of print for some time. It is therefore reissued with all its content intact, and in a new cover. I am sure playgoers and theatre workers, as well as students of theatre and the general readers, will greet the publication with enthusiasm.
From the Jacket
This book puts together views of twenty-six playwrights and directors whose work was featured in the unique 'retrospective' of Indian theatre, the Nehru Shatabdi Natya samaroh in 1989, organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi. As a document of a phase of Indian theatre in the twentieth century, the book is invaluable.
Bibliographies of published drama, lists of staged productions, and a large number of photographs give it added value as a reference work.
Rajinder Paul (1940-1991), who conceived this book, was the founding editor of Enact, the widely ciculated theatre review published from Delhi. He ws Vice-Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi from 1988 to 1991.
9 | Utpal Dutt |
An Interview by Samik Bandyopadhyay | |
22 | Chandrasekhar Kambar |
An Interview by Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
26 | Mohit Chattopadhyaya |
An Interview By Sumanta Banerjee | |
33 | Rajinder Nath |
An Interview by Reeta Sondhi | |
42 | Bijon Bhattacharya |
A Study by Kironmoy Raha | |
45 | Kumar Roy |
An Interview by Kironmoy Raha | |
53 | Bhasa |
A Study By Ks Narayana Pillai | |
58 | KN Panikkar |
An Interview by KS Narayana Pillai | |
65 | Mohan Rakesh |
A Study by RL Nigam | |
71 | Shyamanand Jalan |
An Interview By Dharani Ghosh | |
79 | Girish Karnad |
An Interview By Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
84 | BV Karanth |
An Interview By Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
90 | Dharamvir Bharati |
An Interview By Vasant Dev | |
96 | Satyadev Dubey |
An Interview By Sunita Paul | |
103 | GP Deshpande |
An Interview By NS Jagannathan | |
113 | Shreeram Lagoo |
An Interview By Shanta Gokhale | |
123 | Adya Rangacharya |
A Study By TP Ashoka | |
129 | BM Shah |
An Interview By Paul Jacob | |
137 | Ratan Thiyam |
An Interview By Kavita Nagpal | |
142 | Vijay Tendulkar |
A Study By Pushpa Bhave | |
149 | Jabbar Patel |
An Interview By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
153 | Madhu Rye |
A Study By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
157 | Pravin Joshi |
A Study By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
162 | Mahesh Elkunchwar |
An Interview By Ashish Rajadhyaksha | |
179 | Vijaya Mehta |
An Interview By Shanta Gokhale | |
185 | Habib Tanvir |
An Interview By Reeta Sondhi |
This book was first published in 1989 on the occasion of the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh, a festival of contemporary theatre organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Playwrights and directors, who built up the Indian theatre post-independence, were well represented in this unique festival and almost all were specially interviewed on its eve by well-known theatre critics. We took care to gather documentation on the Participants that was not easily available in print at that time, and photographs of staged productions which too were not easy to come by. The late Rajinder Paul, editor of Enact and Vice-Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi, conceived of this publication and gave it its basic form. The handsome volume was well received during the festival, and has remained in demand since then.
This useful work on Indian theatre has been out of print for some time. It is therefore reissued with all its content intact, and in a new cover. I am sure playgoers and theatre workers, as well as students of theatre and the general readers, will greet the publication with enthusiasm.
From the Jacket
This book puts together views of twenty-six playwrights and directors whose work was featured in the unique 'retrospective' of Indian theatre, the Nehru Shatabdi Natya samaroh in 1989, organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi. As a document of a phase of Indian theatre in the twentieth century, the book is invaluable.
Bibliographies of published drama, lists of staged productions, and a large number of photographs give it added value as a reference work.
Rajinder Paul (1940-1991), who conceived this book, was the founding editor of Enact, the widely ciculated theatre review published from Delhi. He ws Vice-Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi from 1988 to 1991.
9 | Utpal Dutt |
An Interview by Samik Bandyopadhyay | |
22 | Chandrasekhar Kambar |
An Interview by Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
26 | Mohit Chattopadhyaya |
An Interview By Sumanta Banerjee | |
33 | Rajinder Nath |
An Interview by Reeta Sondhi | |
42 | Bijon Bhattacharya |
A Study by Kironmoy Raha | |
45 | Kumar Roy |
An Interview by Kironmoy Raha | |
53 | Bhasa |
A Study By Ks Narayana Pillai | |
58 | KN Panikkar |
An Interview by KS Narayana Pillai | |
65 | Mohan Rakesh |
A Study by RL Nigam | |
71 | Shyamanand Jalan |
An Interview By Dharani Ghosh | |
79 | Girish Karnad |
An Interview By Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
84 | BV Karanth |
An Interview By Kirtinath Kurtkoti | |
90 | Dharamvir Bharati |
An Interview By Vasant Dev | |
96 | Satyadev Dubey |
An Interview By Sunita Paul | |
103 | GP Deshpande |
An Interview By NS Jagannathan | |
113 | Shreeram Lagoo |
An Interview By Shanta Gokhale | |
123 | Adya Rangacharya |
A Study By TP Ashoka | |
129 | BM Shah |
An Interview By Paul Jacob | |
137 | Ratan Thiyam |
An Interview By Kavita Nagpal | |
142 | Vijay Tendulkar |
A Study By Pushpa Bhave | |
149 | Jabbar Patel |
An Interview By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
153 | Madhu Rye |
A Study By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
157 | Pravin Joshi |
A Study By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni | |
162 | Mahesh Elkunchwar |
An Interview By Ashish Rajadhyaksha | |
179 | Vijaya Mehta |
An Interview By Shanta Gokhale | |
185 | Habib Tanvir |
An Interview By Reeta Sondhi |