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Gursharan Bhaa ji passes away

Posted on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Gursharan Bhaa ji, popularly known as Manna Singh passed away last night. He was 82 years old. His wife Dr. Kailash Kaur and daughters Dr. Navsharan and Dr. Areet were by his side when he breathed his last around 11pm. He was on dialysis for the past six months. Noted octogenarian playwright spent all his life staging plays on social issues, With nearly 8,230 performances in 50 years.

This father of Punjabi rural theater, an engineer by profession and having worked in the Govt. job too, was known for his experimentation with the revolutionary ideas. He is credited for being the developer of a genre of theatre, now called rural theatre with modern sensibilities.

He raised a voiced against the social disparities and evils through the popular character of Manna Singh, which ultimately came to be associated with his name for a lifetime. 
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Tagore's work to be staged in Punjabi from August 2

Posted on Monday, 4 July 2011 by Punjabi Articles

Punjabi panorama will be one of the main attractions in the upcoming Tagore Theatre festival as city theatre groups are rehearsing for the final staging. It would be the first time when writings of Rabindranath Tagore will be staged in Punjabi, during the festival. Out of total nine plays, four will be staged in Punjabi language. 

Classic Rabindranath Tagore plays like 'Kabuliwala, Varmala, Lal Kaneer, Jeevit or Mritay, Kankaal and Kunti Samvaad, Balidan, Tota Kahani' and dance drama 'Chitrangda' will be among the plays enacted by various city-based groups to mark the poets 150th birth anniversary celebrations from next month. 
The nine-day long festival will be starting from August 2 at Tagore Theatre. Out of these, four plays 'Baat suhe phullan di, Varmala, Lal kaneer and Balidan' will be staged in Punjabi. 

 According to the city theatre experts, Rabindranath Tagores plays are being staged for the first time in the city. As there is a large presence of Punjabi-theatre lovers in the city they have decided to stage the short stories of noble prize winner in Punjabi language. 
Sahib Singh, director of Adakaar Manch Group Mohali, said they have been staging Punjabi plays since 19 years in the city but never got a chance to stage Rabindranath's stories. ''His play 'Baat suhe phullan di' will be based on Tagore's three different short stories, including 'Once there was a king, Victory, and My lord My Baby.' My theatre group artists are very passionate about the final performance as it will be a new experience for all of them. It will be the best way for Punjabi theatre lovers to understand Tagore's stories,'' he said. 


Aneeta Shabdeesh, director of Suchetak Rangmang Theatre Group, said their Punjabi play 'Lal kaneer' will be a translated version of Tagore's writings. ''The play will be based on yesteryears life of workers working in gold mines. We are working on the scripts at present. Earlier the city's audience had experienced different stories, but now they will have Tagore's literature in Punjabi,'' she added. 

Davinder Daman, director of Norah Richards Rangmanch Theatre Group, said, ''For the advancement of Punjabi theatre this is surely going to be a big challenge for artists. Tagore's play 'Varmala' will also be staged in Punjabi during the festival.'' 

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