Mahesh Dattani
Mahesh Dattani’s contribution towards English Drama
Sculpted by its colorful details, texture, storylines, drama, and richness, Indian theatre is one of the most beautiful drama places for one’s entertainment. And the credit goes to many writers, directors, and all the team members who take efforts making it enjoyable. Some of the most notable people are Satyadev Dube, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Sachin Gupta, Utpal Dutt, B.M.Shah, to name a few. One of the most notable people that deserves a mention is not just a playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker but also the stage director who is none oth | Click Here...
The contributions of Mahesh Dattani to the theatre world
Mahesh Dattani was born on the 7th of August in the year 1958. He was born in Bangalore in the state of Karnataka. He is one of the most prominent names in the Indian theatre world. He is well renowned as a playwright for Indian theatre in the English language. But, he is not only a playwright but also a very eminent writer, actor and director. What inspired the legendary writer to start writing was reading Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and also the works of Gujarati playwright Madhu Rye. Mahesh Dattani has written some of the most iconic plays in Indian thea | Click Here...
Tara the social satire play comes with a message on disability awareness
Tara the social satire play that talks about gender inequality and the dominance of the males over females will be put up in a grand way in Delhi and Mumbai in the month of September. The play written by Mahesh Dattani will be played on 7 and 8 September in Delhi and on 27 September in Mumbai. Tara is the story of two conjoined twins, a boy Chandan and a girl, Tara, who are surgically separated in an unequal manner to favour the boy. As a result, the girl is born disabled. The surgical separation was so biased to favour the boy that Tara faced difficulties in survival and even | Click Here...
Meet the young Indian playwrights of Theatre
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” While young Indian playwrights earn international acclaim, they aren't finding the right platform and the support to showcase this talent in India. In today’s world of playing parts, one wonders who dons the role of writing them, as we read out aloud this dialogue by William Shakespeare. After Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani, of how many young playwrights do you hear, nowadays? Is talent on the wane | Click Here...