2022
Search results
Danish Husain is the stage name of Murtaza Danish Husaini, an Indian actor, storyteller, poet and theatre director. He has also been credited as Dan Husain and Murtaza Danish Husain.
Danish Husain was born and raised in a conservative Shia Muslim family. During his college days, he used to mimic his professors. In 1997, Danish started working in a bank where he worked for up to five-and-a-half years but later on, he quit the job to follow his passion for writing and acting.
Danish Husain is an actor, poet, storyteller, and a theatre director. He started his career in theatre with Barry John and went on to work with directors like Habib Tanvir, Rajinder Nath, M.S. Sathyu, M.K. Raina, Sunil Shanbag, Sabina Mehta Jaitly, & Naseeruddin Shah.
Sep 17, 2023 · Actor, poet, storyteller, theatre director Danish Husain took an unusual road to the world of arts. He is probably best known as an exponent and revivalist of the dastangoi, that old form of Urdu storytelling, but friend and theatre maker Purva Naresh caught up with him to tell the story of his own life, with some of the signature twists and ...
Sep 16, 2023 · A ctor-director Danish Husain’s experience with Sahir Ludhianvi can strike a chord throughout India. When the heart is broken, there is Humne to jab kaliyan mangi kaaton ka haar mila, while Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai (Pyaasa, 1957) has the appeal of meeting defeat with defiance.
Apr 10, 2021 · Husain, who was recently a part of the One Page Spotlight literary festival, talks to Indian Express about his journey, pandemic experience, being an artiste in the present times and his views on language battles in the country. Read on:
Jun 5, 2018 · Danish Husain on becoming a storyteller and using Qissebaazi to turn Indian lore into performance. Tania Bhattacharya June 5, 2018, 16:04:06 IST. Danish Husain went from being in publishing and banking to learning theatre and the art of Dastangoi, as well as setting up the The Hoshruba Repertory. Advertisement.
Apr 18, 2019 · Danish Husain is an actor, poet, theatre director, and instrumental in reviving Dastangoi, the lost art of Urdu storytelling. After the unfortunate estrangement with his performing...
Danish Husain is an award winning actor, poet, storyteller, and a theatre director, instrumental in reviving the lost art form of Urdu storytelling Dastangoi. He runs his own theatre company The Hoshruba Repertory in Mumbai.
Nov 23, 2017 · Directed by actor-storyteller-director Danish Husain, famed for reviving the Dastangoi series, Qissebaazi presented these two, narrating stories in a unique way that charmed the the audience. For...
