The legend

Habib Tanvir: The legend of contemporary Indian theatre

Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu and Hindi playwrights, theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975). A pioneer in Urdu and Hindi theatre, he was most known for his work with Chhattisgarhi tribals, at the Naya Theatre, a theatre company he founded in 1959 in Bhopal. For him, true "theatre of the people" existed in the villages, which he strived to bring to the urban "educated", employing both folk performers as actors alongside urban actors. In 2010, at t | Click Here...