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Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar
Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar
	Theatre director, playwright and poet
Born	14 September 1979 (age 45); Nalanda, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mrityunjay Prabhakar
Occupation(s)	Playwright, theatre director, theatre critic, poet
Known for	Theatre Activism

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Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar (born 14 September 1979) is an Indian playwright, theatre director, theatre critic, poet, Assistant Professor of Drama and Theatre Art at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, West Bengal and the recipient of Bihar Kala Samman by the government of Bihar in 2012.

Early life and education

Born in a lower-middle class family from a village in Nalanda, Bihar, he attended Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi where he completed his doctorate in Theatre and Performance Studies at School of Arts & Aesthetics.

Career

Mrityunjay's theatre career began in Patna while he was studying for his graduation. There he worked with several theatre groups like Prerna, Manch Art group, and Prangan in Patna. Later, he co-founded the group Abhiyan along with some like-minded friends. His love for theatre continued even after he shifted to New Delhi for his higher studies. Here he worked with famous groups like Rang Saptak, Bahroop and Dastak. Later he founded his own group named SEHAR in 2005 and continued to work rigorously. He received his training in dramaturgy from the leading figures of Indian Drama and Theatre through various workshops conducted by Habib Tanvir, B. V. Karanth, Prasanna, Ratan Thiyam, D. R. Ankur. He has worked with directors like D.R. Ankur, Lokendra Arambam, H. S. Shivaprakash, Surendra Sharma, Parvez Akhtar, Vijay Kumar, Javed Akhtar Khan, Suman Kumar and others. He has also worked as an actor, director, set designer, light designer and organiser for numerous theatre productions.

He is the founder-director of a theatre troupe, SEHAR (Society of Education, Harmony, Art, Culture and Media Reproduction) (registered under the Society Act) in 2007. He has directed more than two dozen plays among them Sabse Udas Kavita,^[1]

Khwahishen,^[2] Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai,^[3] Dhruvswamini,^[4] Vithalala and Suicide^[5] have got special attention from the larger section of the society. He has also written plays like Aao Natak Natak Khelen, Khwahishen, Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai, Suicide, Hey Ram, Teri Meri Kahani Hai, Karnav and others, which have been performed by groups and directors in various theatre centres of the country. He has adapted famous Keniyan playwright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's play The Black Hermit as Jayen to Jayen Kahan. The adaptation was first performed by NSD (National School of Drama) graduate Randhir Kumar in 2005 in Patna. Later he reproduced the play in 2010 with SEHAR in Delhi. He has adopted H. S. Shivaprakash's famous Kannada play Mochi Madaiah in Hindi which was directed by Lokendra Arambam and published by Yash Publication, Delhi. An anthology on contemporary Indian theatre titled Samkaleen Rangkarm is also credited to him. His Hindi poetry collection Jo Mere Bheetar Hain was published by Sahitya Akademi, the Indian national academy of letters.

Presently, he is an assistant professor of drama and theatre arts in Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan and manages his troupe SEHAR. He has also taught performing arts, communication and Indian aesthetics at IIT Mandi, IIMC, New Delhi, NCERT, New Delhi and College of Art, Delhi.

Awards and recognition

He has been awarded Bihar Kala Samman by the Bihar government on the occasion of completion of hundred years of Bihar for his writings in the field of performing arts in 2012. He was awarded the Yuva Shabdsadhak Samman by the Hindi magazine Pakhi.

Works

Plays

'Sadho Dekho Jag Baudana', 'Aao Natak Natak Khelen', 'Khwahishen', 'Jee Humen To Natak Karna Hai', 'Suicide', 'Hey Ram', 'Teri Meri Kahani Hai', 'Karnav', 'Jayen To Jayen Kahan', 'Mochi Madaiah',

Books

'Samkaleen Rangkarm', 'Jo Mere Bheetar Hain', 'Sadho Dekho Jag Baudana', 'Jayen To Jayen Kahan', 'Mochi Madaiah', 'Colonial/Postcolonial Bihar and Jharkhand'.^[6]

Poetry collection

'Jo Mere Bheetar Hain'

References

^ "Swadesh Deepak's 'Sabse Udaas Kavita' staged at the Yuva Natya Samaroh". teamworkmedia.co.in. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
^ Pathak, Dev. "Some writings pertaining to contemporary Theater in India".
^ "Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai: IHC Theater Show, IHC Comedy Event, Mrityunjay Prabhakar Director, Sehar Society for Education, C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, IHC, Habitat World, Institutional Area, Foyer, Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Road". Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Drama : Re-discovering Dhruvaswamini". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India | i4d". i4d.eletsonline.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
^ Singh, Lata; Pati, Biswamoy (2014). Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand. ISBN 978-9380607924.

External links

[1] "Swadesh Deepak's 'Sabse Udaas Kavita' staged at the Yuva Natya Samaroh". teamworkmedia.co.in. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.

[2] Pathak, Dev. "Some writings pertaining to contemporary Theater in India".

[3] "Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai: IHC Theater Show, IHC Comedy Event, Mrityunjay Prabhakar Director, Sehar Society for Education, C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, IHC, Habitat World, Institutional Area, Foyer, Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Road". Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[4] "The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Drama : Re-discovering Dhruvaswamini". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[5] "Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India | i4d". i4d.eletsonline.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.

[6] Singh, Lata; Pati, Biswamoy (2014). Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand. ISBN 978-9380607924.

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-'''Mrityunjay Prabhakar''' (born 14 September 1979) is an Indian theatre director, dramatist, theatre critic, teacher of theatre and poet. He is one of the celebrated young theatre directors of India for his language loaded with socio-political concerns. He is an assistant professor of drama and theatre art at [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]], West Bengal.
+'''Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar''' (born 14 September 1979) is an Indian [[playwright]], [[theatre director]], [[Theatre criticism|theatre critic]], [[poet]], Assistant Professor of Drama and Theatre Art at [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]], [[West Bengal]] and the recipient of [[Bihar Kala Samman]] by the government of Bihar in 2012.
 == Early life and education ==
-Born in a lower-middle-class family of a village in [[Nalanda]], Bihar. He attended [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi for his studies and research in theatre and performance studies in the School of Arts & Aesthetics in 2004.
+Born in a lower-middle class family from a village in [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]], he attended [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]] where he completed his doctorate in [https://www.jnu.ac.in/mphil_Theatre_and_performance_studies Theatre and Performance Studies] at [https://www.jnu.ac.in/saa School of Arts & Aesthetics].
 ==Career==
-He started his theatre career in [[Patna]] during his graduation days. He has worked with several theatre groups like Abhiyan, Prerna, Manch Art group and Prangan in Patna. Later, he co-founded the group Abhiyan along with his friends. When he arrived Delhi for his further studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Here he worked with famous groups like Rang Saptak, Bahroop and Dastak. Later he founded his own group named SEHAR in 2005 and started working rigorously. He has got trained under leading figures of Indian Drama and Theatre world through different workshops he attended like [[Habib Tanvir]], [[B. V. Karanth]], Prasanna, [[Ratan Thiyam]], D. R. Ankur and many more. He has worked with directors like D.R. Ankur, Lokendra Arambam, [[H. S. Shivaprakash]], Surendra Sharma, Parvez Akhtar, Vijay Kumar, Javed Akhtar Khan, Suman Kumar and others. He has worked as an actor, director, [[set designer]], light designer and organiser in theatre.
+Mrityunjay's theatre career began in [[Patna]] while he was studying for his graduation. There he worked with several theatre groups like Prerna, Manch Art group, and Prangan in [[Patna]]. Later, he co-founded the group Abhiyan along with some like-minded friends. His love for theatre continued even after he shifted to [[New Delhi]] for his higher studies. Here he worked with famous groups like Rang Saptak, Bahroop and Dastak. Later he founded his own group named SEHAR in 2005 and continued to work rigorously. He received his training in dramaturgy from the leading figures of Indian Drama and Theatre through various workshops conducted by [[Habib Tanvir]], [[B. V. Karanth]], Prasanna, [[Ratan Thiyam]], D. R. Ankur. He has worked with directors like D.R. Ankur, Lokendra Arambam, [[H. S. Shivaprakash]], Surendra Sharma, Parvez Akhtar, Vijay Kumar, Javed Akhtar Khan, Suman Kumar and others. He has also worked as an actor, director, [[set designer]], light designer and organiser for numerous theatre productions.
-Presently, he works primarily as a theatre director and [[playwright]] with his group SEHAR. He is the founder-director of theatre troupe, SEHAR (Society of Education, Harmony, Art, Culture and Media Reproduction) (registered under the Society Act) in 2007. He has directed more than two dozen plays among them ''Sabse Udas Kavita'',<ref>[http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/]</ref> [[File:Sabse udas kavita.jpg|thumb|A scene of the play ''Sabse Udas Kavita'']]''Khwahishen'',<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/3322757/Some_writings_pertaining_to_contemporary_Theater_in_India]</ref> ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'',<ref>[http://www.4to40.com/music/index.asp?p=Jee_Humen_To_Natak_Karna_Hai&k=IHC]</ref>''Dhruvswamini'',<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm]</ref> ''Vithalala'' and ''Suicide''<ref>[http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/]</ref> have got special attention from the larger section of the society.
+He is the founder-director of a theatre troupe, SEHAR (Society of Education, Harmony, Art, Culture and Media Reproduction) (registered under the Society Act) in 2007. He has directed more than two dozen plays among them ''Sabse Udas Kavita'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |title=Swadesh Deepak's 'Sabse Udaas Kavita' staged at the Yuva Natya Samaroh |website=teamworkmedia.co.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124441/http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |archive-date=2014-04-24}}</ref> [[File:Sabse udas kavita.jpg|thumb|A scene of the play ''Sabse Udas Kavita'']]''Khwahishen'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/3322757|title=Some writings pertaining to contemporary Theater in India|last1=Pathak|first1=Dev}}</ref> ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.4to40.com/music/index.asp?p=Jee_Humen_To_Natak_Karna_Hai&k=IHC |title=Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai: IHC Theater Show, IHC Comedy Event, Mrityunjay Prabhakar Director, Sehar Society for Education, C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, IHC, Habitat World, Institutional Area, Foyer, Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Road |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424100546/http://www.4to40.com/music/index.asp?p=Jee_Humen_To_Natak_Karna_Hai&k=IHC |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Dhruvswamini'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Drama : Re-discovering Dhruvaswamini |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105092241/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm |archive-date=5 November 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Vithalala'' and ''Suicide''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |title=Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India {{!}} i4d |website=i4d.eletsonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424095606/http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |archive-date=2014-04-24}}</ref> have got special attention from the larger section of the society. He has also written plays like ''Aao Natak Natak Khelen'', ''Khwahishen'', ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'', ''Suicide'', ''Hey Ram'', ''Teri Meri Kahani Hai'', ''Karnav'' and others, which have been performed by groups and directors in various theatre centres of the country. He has adapted famous Keniyan playwright [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]]'s play ''The Black Hermit'' as ''Jayen to Jayen Kahan''. The adaptation was first performed by [[National School of Drama|NSD]] ([[National School of Drama]]) graduate Randhir Kumar in 2005 in Patna. Later he reproduced the play in 2010 with SEHAR in Delhi. He has adopted [[H. S. Shivaprakash]]'s famous Kannada play ''Mochi Madaiah'' in Hindi which was directed by Lokendra Arambam and published by Yash Publication, Delhi. An anthology on contemporary Indian theatre titled ''Samkaleen Rangkarm'' is also credited to him. His Hindi poetry collection ''Jo Mere Bheetar Hain'' was published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], the Indian national academy of letters.
+Presently, he is an assistant professor of drama and theatre arts in [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]] and manages his troupe SEHAR. He has also taught performing arts, communication and Indian aesthetics at [[IIT Mandi]], [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication|IIMC]], [[New Delhi]], [[NCERT]], [[New Delhi]] and [[College of Art, Delhi]].
-He has also written plays like ''Aao Natak Natak Khelen'', ''Khwahishen''[[File:Khwahishen.JPG|thumb|Pic of play ''Khwahishen'']], ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'', ''Suicide'', ''Hey Ram'', ''Teri Meri Kahani Hai'', ''Karnav'' and others, which have been performed by groups and directors in various theatre centres of the country. He has adapted famous Keniyan playwright [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]]'s play ''The Black Hermit'' as ''Jayen to Jayen Kahan''. The adaptation was first performed by NSD ([[National School of Drama]]) graduate Randhir Kumar in 2005 in Patna. Later he reproduced the play in 2010 with SEHAR in Delhi. He has adopted [[H. S. Shivaprakash]]'s famous Kannada play ''Mochi Madaiah'' in Hindi which was directed by Lokendra Arambam and published by Yash Publication, Delhi. An anthology on contemporary Indian theatre titled ''Samkaleen Rangkarm'' is also credited to him. His Hindi poetry collection ''Jo Mere Bheetar Hain'' was published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], the Indian national academy of letters.
-He has been teaching performing arts, communication and Indian aesthetics at [[IIT Mandi]], [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication|IIMC]], New Delhi, [[NCERT]], New Delhi and [[College of Art, Delhi]]. Presently, he is an assistant professor of drama and theatre arts in [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]].
 ==Awards and recognition==
-He has been awarded Bihar Kala Samman by the Bihar government on the occasion of completion of hundred years of Bihar for his writings in the field of performing arts in 2012. He was awarded the Yuva Shabdsadhak Samman by the Hindi magazine ''Pakhi''.
+He has been awarded [[Bihar Kala Samman]] by the Bihar government on the occasion of completion of hundred years of Bihar for his writings in the field of performing arts in 2012. He was awarded the Yuva Shabdsadhak Samman by the Hindi magazine ''Pakhi''.
 ==Works==
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 'Jayen To Jayen Kahan',
 'Mochi Madaiah',
-'Colonial/Postcolonial Bihar and Jharkhand'.<ref>[http://www.amazon.in/Colonial-Contemporary-Bihar-Jharkhand-Singh/dp/938060792X]</ref>
+'Colonial/Postcolonial Bihar and Jharkhand'.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-9380607924|title=Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand |last1=Singh |first1=Lata |last2=Pati |first2=Biswamoy |year=2014 }}</ref>
 ===Poetry collection===
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 ==External links==
 * http://www.tehelka.com/dancing-queens/
-* http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091105092241/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm]
 * http://www.thesundayindian.com/article_print.php?article_id=2422
 * http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/showEE.asp?newsid=28965
-* http://www.academia.edu/3322757/Some_writings_pertaining_to_contemporary_Theater_in_India
+* https://www.academia.edu/3322757/Some_writings_pertaining_to_contemporary_Theater_in_India
-* http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/
+* http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424095606/http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |date=24 April 2014 }}
-* http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/
+* http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124441/http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |date=24 April 2014 }}
 * http://allevents.in/new+delhi/sabse-udas-kavita/1523328831225008
 * http://zatse.in/numbers/find/August-Play-Event-(19th-August-7%3A30pm-Mrityunjay-Prabhakar%5BDirector%5D)-Lodhi-Road-New-Delhi/46
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 * http://newssuperfast.com/2014/02/10/mahabhoj-throws-open-yuva-natya-samaroh-with-remarkable-performance-by-young-theater-artists/
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