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Anupama Chandrasekhar is an Indian playwright born and based in Chennai. She is known for her play The Father and the Assassin , which earned her a nomination for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Best Play and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize .
- The Father and the Assassin
The Father and the Assassin is a play written by Anupama...
- The Father and the Assassin
The Father and the Assassin is a play written by Anupama Chandrasekhar. It tells the story of Nathuram Godse, a follower of Gandhi who would go on to shoot him. The play premiered on 12 May 2022 at the National Theatre in London, directed by Indhu Rubasingham .
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May 16, 2022 · Theatre. This article is more than 1 year old. The celebrated assassin: the play about Gandhi’s killer, still dividing India. Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama...
Director Indhu Rubasingham (Kerry Jackson, The Great Wave) reunites with Anupama Chandrasekhar, one of India’s most exciting playwrights, for this essential exploration of oppression and extremism, featuring Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) as Nathuram Godse with Paul Bazely (Cruella) as Mahatma Gandhi.
Anupama Chandrasekhar was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust Writing Fellowship at the University of Chichester, was a runner up for the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award and a finalist for the John Whiting and Susan Smith Blackburn Awards.
Sep 15, 2023 · Godse believed in an Independent Hindu India, directly opposing Gandhi’s Independent Secular India, a more inclusive society. Anupama Chandrasekhar’s extraordinary play is historical theatre at its best, magnificent, and gripping, subtly condensing history into a two-hour tale that educates and entertains.
Sep 19, 2023 · Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father And The Assassin” At The National Theatre: Vastly Compelling And Darkly Comic History Play About Indian Independence. Written by Aleks Sierz | 19th Sep 2023 | Documentary Theatre, India, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom. Paul Bazely and Hiran Abeysekera in The Father and the Assassin.
