| 1940 |
Matriculation from
Laurie Municipal High School Raipur with Ist Division |
| 1944 |
B.A. from Morris
College, Nagpur |
| 1945 |
Attended M.A. Ist
year at Aligarh Muslim University |
| 1945-1947 |
Producer of
programmes A.I.R. Bombay |
| 1946 |
Assistant Editor "Filmindia"
a monthly journal of Bombay |
| 1947 |
Editor 'Textile
Journal" a Bombay quarterly |
| 1948-1950 |
Editor 'Box
Office' a Bombay film weekly |
| 1950-1952 |
Writing for
Advertising Shorts at Famous Pictures Bombay |
| 1945-1952 |
Acted in nine
feature films, wrote songs and dialogues fro films in Bombay |
|
1946-1953 |
Actor-director
playwright Indian peoples theatre association (IPTA) Bombay;
wrote poetry; active member of progressive writers’ Association
(PWA) Bombay |
| 1945 |
Professional
theatre in India at delhi, the Hindustani Theatre |
| 1955 |
Trained in Acting
at the Royal Academy of dramatic arts London |
| 1956 |
Trained in
direction and production at the Bristol old vic theatre school
U.K. |
| 1956 |
Associate of the
British Drama Board London |
| 1956-1958 |
Observed Theatres
in Europe |
| 1959 |
Founded Naya
Theatre along with moneeka misra |
|
1962-1963 |
Went on a theatre
observation Tour of the USA sponsored by the institute of
international Education New York |
| 1964 |
Producer TV Centre
Delhi |
|
1964-1972 |
Drama Critic:
Statesman, patriot, link and mainstream, Delhi; Film Critic
patriot and link; freelance journalist, Delhi |
Major Production and Plays written :
Agra Bazar 1954; Shatranj Ke Mohrey 1954; Lala Shoharat Rai
(adaptation of Moleire’s “Bourgeoisie Gentleman” 1954; Mitti ki
Gadi 1958; Tambaku ke Nuksanat (adaptation of Chekhos on the
harmfulness of Tobacco) 1959; Merey baad a play on galib 1968;
gaon ka naam sasural 1973; charan das chor 1975; utter ram
charitra 1977; bahadur kalarin 1978; sajapur ki shanti
(translation of Bertholt Brecht’s Good Woman of Setzuan) 1979;
Hirma ki Amar Kahani 1985; a play about baster tribals; jis
Lahore bai dekhya 1990; ponga pandit 1992; Dekh rahey Hain Nain
1992; basant classic; veni samhar Sanskrit classic 2001;
Zahreeli Hava 2002 play about Bhopal gas disaster’ Visarjan
2006, Tagore’s Play: Raj- Rakt 2006 Tagore’s play. |
