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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 .
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.
Sep 16, 2022 · Winner of the Sahitya Akademi award in 1998, Mahesh Dattani is one of the foremost Indian playwrights writing in English.
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 10, 2011 · Mahesh Dattani is one of India’s most successful playwrights, and his plays are known for addressing issues that society tries to hide or turn its face away from. Besides being a busy playwright and director, he also conducts Summer Theatre Courses at the University of Oregon, USA.
Mahesh Dattani is a playwright, stage director, screenwriter and filmmaker. In 1998 Mahesh Dattani won the prestigious central Sahitya Akademi Award for his book FINAL SOLUTIONS AND OTHER PLAYS, the highest award for a literary work in the country.
Jul 15, 1996 · Mahesh Dattani, 38-going-on-28, is a playwright, actor, director, producer, theatre group (Playpen) boss, businessman and, by the time you read this, something else as well. advertisement.
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.
Dec 7, 2019 · Mahesh Dattani, an award-winning playwright and director, has established an immensely successful career doing this. The MIT Post had the chance to converse him during m.i.l.ap. 2019 and perceive his ideas on theatre and drama.
Mahesh Dattani is a leading dramatist. Described as 'one of India's best and most serious contemporary playwrights writing in English' by Alexander Viets in the International Herald Tribune, he was the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
