Habib Tanvir, Centenary year

1923-2023 a hundred years of the great playwright, actor, director, poet and dramatist. Born on 1st September 1923, Habib Tanvir passed away on 8th June 2009 leaving behind a rich repertoire of his plays. Some of the important plays written and performed by his group Naya Theatre are:

1995A Broken BridgeAuthor
1954Aag Ki GendAuthor
1954Agra BazaarAuthor
1970Arjun Ka SarthiDramatisation
1992BaghAdaptation
1978Bahadur KalarinAuthor
1977BhagavaddajjukamTranslator and adaptation
1989Case No. 432Author
1977ChandainiDramatisation
1954Chandi Ka ChamchaAuthor
1974Char NaiDramatisation
1975Charandas ChorDramatisation
1995Daddy Ka GharAuthor
1992Dekh Rahe Hain NainAuthor
1980Devi Ka VardaanDramatisation
1954Doodh ka GilasAuthor
1978DuryodhanDramatisation
1989DushmanAdaptation
1988Ek Aur DronacharyaDramatised
1999Ek Aurat Hipetia Bhi ThiAuthor
1979Four PlaysImprovisations
1954GadheAuthor
1974Ganga JamunaDramatisation
1973Gaon Ka Naon Sasural Mor Naon DamadAuthor
1954Har Mousam Ka KhelAuthor
1985Hirma Ki Amar KahaniAuthor
1971Indra Lok SabhaAuthor
1953Jaalidar PardeAdaptation
1977JamadarinAdaptation
1976Jani ChorImprovisations
1990Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya Wo Janma Hi NaiDramatisation
1993Kamdev Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka SapnaAdaptation
1954KartoosAuthor
1955KhudkhushiDramatisation
1998Kissa Thela Ram KaAdaptation
1970Kushtiya Ka ChaprasiDramatisation
1967Lady Windermere’s FanDramatisation
1981Lala Shohrat RaiAdapted
1984Mangloo DidiAuthor
1968Merey BaadAuthor
1955Mirza Shohrat BegAdaptation
1978Mitti Ki GadiTranslation and Adaptation
1988Moteram Ka SatyagrahDramatisation
1996MudrarakshasTranslation and Adaptation
2003Mujhe Amrita ChaihyeDramatised
1984Nand Raja Mast HainAdapted
1954ParamparaAuthor
1959PhaansiAdaptation
1960Ponga PanditAuthor
1977Prahalad Nataka and Bharat LilaDramatisation
1972Raja Chamba Aur Char BhaiAuthor
2006Raj-RaktAdaptation
1960Rustom-O-SohrabDramatisation
1959Saat PaiseDramatisation
1978Sajapur Ki ShantibaiTranslation and Adaptation
1974Sampoorna MahabharatWorkshop production
1994SarakAuthor
1964Servant of Two MastersDramatisation
1980Shah BadshahAdaptation and Dramatisation
1976Shahi LakarharaDramatisation
1948Shantidoot KamgarAuthor
1953Shatranj Ke MohreDramatisation
1969Shatranj Ke MohreDramatisation
1981Sone SagarAuthor
2000Sun BahriAuthor
1971SutradharAuthor
1959Tambaku Ke NuksanatTranslated
1974Thakur Pritipal SinghDramatisation
1961The Good Woman of SzechwanDramatisation
1961The Importance of Being EarnestDramatisation
1964The Shoemaker’s Prodigious WifeDramatisation
1968The Signet RingDramatisation
1961The Taming of the ShrewDramatisation
1977UttaramcharitDramatisation
2001Veni SanhaarTranslator and adaptation
2005VisarjanDramatised
2002Zhereeli HawaTranslated and Dramatised
1948Shantidoot KamgarAuthor
Habib Tanvir with his wife Moneeka Misraat a Sahmat event

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