The third volume not only sketches the picture of writings in the first two volumes, but portrays the concerns of directors in the last fifty years of the development of theatre.
The directors themselves have scripted all plays in this volume, which point towards certain trends: they are based on personalities Naseer, the Urdu poet in Habib Tanvir's Agra Bazaar, Einstein in Mohan Maharishi's Einstein and Bhartendu in Prasanna's Way Beyond.
Myths, epics and folklore are adapted to modern sensibility, as in Chakravyuh and Tale told by a scorched tree.
Completely dealing with modern problems the plays are based in different places in India like Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal or languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Assamese, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali.
Born in 1936 the late Shri J N Kaushal received his education in Hindi and English. He obtained diploma in Dramatic Arts from the National School of Drama, New Delhi and served as Associate Professor here. He was Vice-President of Bhartiya Natya Sangh and authored one act and full length plays like Nange Paon and Amir Khusrao. Directed many documentaries, screen and television plays and important Indian and world classics.
Member of various advisory / experts committees and associated with Central Sangeet Natak Academi, Sahitya Kala Parishad, Urdu and Punjabi Academies. Shri Kaushal was honoured with awards for his contribution to arts and theatre, with notably World Theatre Day Award, Parishad Samman, Kala Shri and B M Shah National Award for Theatre.
He took active part in international theatre festivals, study tours and seminars held in Berlin, Moscow, St Petersburg, Helsinki and London. He made significant contribution in the tricky area of translation.
Modern Indian plays in our languages are available and in Hindi translation also for the use of readers, theatre workers and practitioners.
w But for a picture of modern Indian playwriting projected outside India on a bigger scale, these volumes are an exposure significant writing translated in English and brought before people especially those who are not familiar with Indian writing and theatre.
In these series two volumes have been published each containing eight plays. First two volumes contain the genre of plays penned by playwrights only.
This volume being a part of the series contains plays written by those who themselves are directors. Most plays are written during the process of direction and the play's script during production or after the play has been prepared.
From the beginning the visual angle not only seeingbut with whom you are preparing it, the location, surroundings, costumes etc. has helped as first hand experience in writing these scripts.
Obviously the plays do not constitute a complete list in itself. There must be many more people who went through this process to create plays. But, our own limitations were that we could include plays of those directors whom we could contact and were well known to us. Even so, we welcome people's reactions and suggestions for improvements later.
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