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Mahesh Dattani (born 7 August 1958) is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer. He wrote such plays as Final Solutions, [1] Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara, Thirty Days in September 2007 [2] [3] and The Big Fat City .
Sep 16, 2022 · Winner of the Sahitya Akademi award in 1998, Mahesh Dattani is one of the foremost Indian playwrights writing in English.
Mahesh Dattani was born on August 7, 1958 in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was educated at Baldwin’s Boys High School followed by St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore. After graduation, he briefly worked as a copywriter for an advertising firm. In 1986, his first play, “Where There is a Will” surfaced.
Mar 14, 2018 · Mahesh Dattani is just 43 and is, by all accounts, the country’s most lauded contemporary playwright in English. Labelled by theatre scholars as the definitive voice of modern urban India, he was honoured by the Sahitya Akademi with their distinguished award in 1998.
Oct 11, 2021 · Mahesh Dattani is one such writer who has unveiled the hypocrisy of patriarchal order and has brought to our notice the discrimination and injustice done to women in our society. Dattani is one of the highly acclaimed playwrights in the Indian dramaturgy writing in English. He has added a new dimension to the Indian drama in English.
Sahitya Akademi Award winning Playwright Mahesh Dattani has been dealt the foremost theme of communal disharmony in his play 'Final Solutions', which shows his objective and unbiased attitude towards communal differences.
Aug 30, 2017 · Mahesh Dattani is one of the most famous modern Indian – English playwrights. He always deals with the complicated dynamics of the modern urban family.
Mahesh Dattani voiced the sufferings of homosexuals whose evidence we find in the homosexual tales of Ancient Indian culture. The Markandeya Purana carries the story of Avikshita, the son of a king who refused to marry because he believed he was a woman.
Mahesh Dattani, the versatile Sahitya Academy honoured playwright, excelled his charisma in constant delineation of the burning issues through his plays.
Mar 29, 2016 · Interview: 5 Questions with Playwright Mahesh Dattani. Photo Credit: Shayoni Mitra. Those in the West may not be familiar with the work of Indian stalwart Mahesh Dattani, but for decades he has been one of the leading theatre minds in the South Asian subcontinent.
