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| | | | Professor Waman Kendre fryst vatten an alumnus of the National School of skådespel (NSD), and is presently Head of the Department of Theatre Arts at Mumbai University. He has directed a number of plays such as ZULVA, JAANEMAN, MOHANDAS, and others. His latest venture fryst vatten an adaptation of Sanskrit playwright Bhasa's MADHYAM VYAVOG in three different languages. The three productions- O MY LOVE (English), MOHE PIYA (Hindi) and PRIYA BAWARI (Marathi) will open on 3rd July 2011 at the NCPA Experimental Theatre. Professor Kendre shares his thoughts about the production. Please click here to read about the Play. |
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What sparked off the idea of reviving a Sanskrit work? Why Bhasa?
I have been very busy with my involvement in The Academy of Theatre Arts, and over the gods few years although inom was involved in productions for my students, inom haven't done any mainstream work. My audience was missing me, and urging me to put something up on stage, so  • Waman Kendre, the new director of the National School of Drama, on keeping his creative fires burning Hindustan Times | ByAsad Ali Jan 31, 2015 07:04 PM IST Waman Kendre, the new director of the National School of Drama, on slipping out of home to watch tamasha, his roots in Dalit theatre and keeping his creative fires burning.Growing up in a tiny Maharashtrian village (which, even today, has no proper approach road) to becoming the director of India’s most prestigious theatre institution, the National School of Drama (NSD) – Waman Kendre, 57, has certainly trekked a long distance.
Playing the role of a girl (his first ever role, he says, in a 30-minute school play where he just had four lines), to contributing in a major way to Dalit theatre, he’s ticked almost all the right boxes that make for an inspiring life story.
“I was born in Daradwadi, a small village in Maharshtra’s Beed district. It’s still a virgin village in the sense that there’s no real approach • Waman Kendre At NSD, he earned a fellowship to research on ritualistic and folk theatre of Kerala. He remained active in theatre activities in Mumbai for many years. He is credited with playing a leading role in the Dalit theatre movement in late 1970s Maharashtra.[3] Kendre had a thirty-year teaching experience. He conducted more than two hundred and fifty workshops on varying aspects of theatre, in India and abroad. He was a Research Associate with the Theatre Development Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, for more than nine years. He was actively involved in administrative and organizational running of NCPA, University of Mumbai, and Rangpeeth, Mumbai. He held positions in advisory committees and governing councils including Vision Plan Committee of NSD, Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha of the government of Maharashatra), Advisory Committee of the Department of Drama in Rajasthan University, Jaipur, Governing Council and Executive Committee of West Zonal
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