Legendary Bengali theatre personality Badal Sarkar

This article is on Legendary Bengali theatre personality Badal Sarkar, his works on Indian theatre.

 Badal Sarkar, the famous playwriter and director of theatre died on 13 May 2011, Friday at his residence at North Kolkata.

Badal Sarkar was a theatre dedicated personality known for his anti-establishment plays and experimental works on Indian theatre. He worked towards the spread of theatre to mass audiences. Badal Sarkar is a pioneer figure in street theatre and contemporary Bengali theatre.

Apart from Ebong Indrajit and Pagla Ghoda, two master pieces of Bada Sarkar some of the best known plays are 'Basi Khabar', 'Baaki Itihaas', 'Tringsha Shatabdi', 'Pagla Ghoda', 'Spartacus', 'Juloos', 'Bhoma' and 'Solution X'.

Badal Sarkar was influenced by eminent theatre personaities like Joan Littlewood, Anthony Serchio, Richard Schechner, Jerzy Grotoswki.

In 1976, he founded Shatabdi, his own theatre company.

Brief profile of Badal Sarkar

Date of Birth: July 15, 1925

Residence: Manicktala, Kolkata

Occupation: playwright, theatre director

Education: Studied civil engineering at the Benga Engineering College, Shibpur and M.A in comparative literature from Jadavpur University.

Awards and recognition

1972: Padma Shri by Government of India

1968: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

1997: Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

In 2010 he refused to accept Padma Bhushan offered by Government of India

List of some of the pays

Ebang Indrajit (And Indrajit)

Basi Khabar

Baaki Itihaash

Pralap

Tringsha Shatabdi

Pagla Ghoda

Shesh Naai

Spartacus

Prastava

JuloosBhoma

Solution X

Baropishima

Saari Raat

Badi buaji

Kavi Kahini

Manushe Manushe

Hottomalar oparey

Bollovpurer rupkatha

Sukhapathya bharoter itihash