Satyadev Dubey | |
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| Born | (1936-07-13)13 July 1936 |
| Died | 25 December 2011(2011-12-25) (aged 75) |
| Other names | Pt. Satyadev Dubey |
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| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1971) National Film Award for Best Screenplay:Bhumika (1978) |
Satyadev Dubey (13 July 1936[1] – 25 December 2011)[2] was an Indian theatre director, actor, playwright, screenwriter & film director. He was awarded theSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1971.[3]
He won the 1978National Film Award for Best Screenplay forShyam Benegal'sBhumika and 1980Filmfare Best Dialogue Award forJunoon. In 2011, he was honoured with thePadma Bhushan by theGovernment of India.
Satyadev Dubey was born inBilaspur now inChhattisgarh in 1936. He moved toMumbai with the aim of becoming acricketer, but ended up joining the Theatre Unit, a theatre group run byEbrahim Alkazi, which also ran a school for many budding artists. Later when Alkazi left for Delhi to head theNational School of Drama, Dubey took over Theatre Unit, and went on to produce many important plays in the Indian theatre.
He producedGirish Karnad's first playYayati, and also his noted playHayavadana,Badal Sarkar'sEwam Indrajit andPagla Ghoda,Chandrashekhara Kambara'sAur Tota Bola (Jokumaraswamy in original Kannada),Mohan Rakesh'sAadhe Adhure,Vijay Tendulkar'sKhamosh! Adalat Jaari Hai, andA Raincoat For All Occasions andJean Anouilh'sAntigone in 2007.
He is credited with the discovery ofDharmavir Bharati'sAndha Yug, a play that was written for radio; Dubey saw its potential, sent it across toEbrahim Alkazi at National School of Drama. When staged in 1962,Andha Yug brought in a new paradigm in Indian theatre of the times.[4][5]
He made two short filmsAparichay ke Vindhachal (1965) andTongue In Cheek (1968),[6] and directed aMarathi feature film,Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe (1971), based onVijay Tendulkar's play, which in turn is based onFriedrich Dürrenmatt's story "Die Panne". Dubey had a five decade long and prolific career as theatre actor, director and playwright.[7][8]
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