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Bhartendu Natya Akademi
भारतेन्दु नाट्य आकादमी
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TypePublic
Established1975
Location, ,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsMinistry of Culture (Government of Uttar Pradesh)
Website[www.bnalko.org]

Bhartendu Natya Akademi (or Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts, भारतेन्दु नाट्य आकादमी, بھارتیندو نآٹیَہ اکادمی) is a theatre training institute in Lucknow, India. It is an autonomous organization[1][2] under the Ministry of Culture, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

History

BNA was founded on 2 July 1975 under the auspices of Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy (Government of Uttar Pradesh) and by the sheer effort of the Veteran Theatre Personality Padma Shri Raj Bisaria. In 1975 its name was Bhartendu Natya Kendra and the class was running at the mini Rabindralay (near Lucknow Railway Station). At that time BNA did not have their own building; now it functions from the Bhartendu Bhawan in Gomti Nagar (Vikas Khand-1). Lucknow.

In 1981 the institute started providing a two-year full-time diploma course in theatre training. The institute today selects 20 candidates every year for its two-year intensive post-graduate diploma course with scholarships for the first 12 students. Padma Shri Raj Bisaria was the founder-director. Hindi writer Padma Bhushan Amritlal Nagar was the first nominated chairperson of the institute. Today Bhartendu Natya Academy has become the second of its kind in India after the National School of Drama, New Delhi. At the end of their course, the second-year students make a visit to the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune or Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata for the basic training for film and television. This is a kind of extension program done with the financial support of Film Bandhu (a body under the Cultural Department of the U.P. Government).

BNA Family

Chairmen

  • Padma Bhushan Amritlal Nagar
  • Padma Bhushan Kunwar Narayan
  • Dr. J.P. Singh
  • Ramesh Chandra Tripathi
  • Surendra Mohan
  • Alok Sinha
  • Dr. Ramesh Yadav
  • Smt. Rita Sharma
  • Sushri Nita Chaudhary
  • Smt Rita Sinha (IAS)
  • Shri Netaram
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Anupam Kher
  • Pradip Shukla
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Rahul Bhatnagar
  • Smt.Rita Sinha (IAS)
  • Smt.Nadira Babbar
  • Yashwant Nikoshe (6 May 2008–present)

Directors

  • Padma Shri Raj Bisaria (23 September 1975–10 September 1986)
  • Dr.Sachidanand Pathak
  • Punit Asthana
  • Atul Bagaee
  • Padma Shri Raj Bisaria (30 January 1989–28 August 1982)
  • Alok Sinha
  • Ramesh Yadav
  • Ravindra Kumar Sharma
  • Kumari Nita Chaudhary
  • Smt. Rita Sinha
  • Padma Shri Raj Bisaria (05.07.1994–30.08.1994)
  • Smt. Rita Sinha
  • Padma Shri Raj Bisaria (28.05.1995–05.07.1995)
  • Vinod Shankar Chouby
  • Smt. Rita Sinha,IAS
  • Shri Netaram
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey
  • K.K. Upadhayay
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Late B.M. Shah
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Smt. Sneha Agrawal
  • Sudhir Sharma
  • Shailesh Krishna
  • Sushil Kumar Singh (10.06.1999–09.06.2004)
  • Abhishek Singh, IAS (10.06.2004–19.06.2005)
  • Smt. Indu Sinha (22.06.2004–26.12.2006)
  • Surya Mohan Kulshreshta (27.12.2006– 26.12.2009)
  • Shri Avnish Awashti, IAS (27.12.2009–12.07.2011)
  • Stuti kakkar, IAS (13.07.2011– 28.07.2011)
  • Jugal Kishore (29.07.2011 – 31.01.2012 )

Faculty members

  • Surya Mohan Kulshreshta, Direction
  • Jugal Kishor, Acting & Repertory Chief
  • Arun Trivedi, Stage Craft, Make-up and Light Design
  • Chitra Mohan, Indian and Classical Drama
  • Lalit Singh Pokharia, Costume Design
  • Shree Ravi nagar, music(theatre)

Notable visiting faculty

Notable graduates

See also

References