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Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi[1] was an Indian theatre personality andprofessor emeritus ofBHUVaranasi. His interest and expertise spreads fromKutiyattam tradition to Ankiya Nat of Assam, aesthetics. He has contributed to the contemporary practice of classical Sanskrit texts in his tenure as the Chairman ofKalidasa Academy Ujjain. He had associated with Natyasastra scholar and Kutiyattam actor NatyacharyaMani Madhava Chakyar. He was instrumental in understanding and performing the plays by Kalidasa and Bhasa. His writings and translations into Hindi of plays like Balacharita were important in understanding the dramaturgy of Bhasa in the modern context.
Tripathi is known to be an authority onNatya Shastra, the Indian treatise on theatre, in terms of its philosophy, aesthetics and techniques and its application in the present context.