Habib Tanvir

Active - 1975 - 2008  |   Birth - Sep 1, 1923  |   Death - Jun 8, 2009  |   Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Biography | Subgenres - Biographical Film, Drama Fiction, Historical Drama

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Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975). A pioneer in Urdu and Hindi theatre, he was most known for his work with Chhattisgarhi tribals, at the Naya Theatre, a theatre company he founded in 1959 in Bhopal. He went on to include indigenous performance forms such as nacha, to create not only a new theatrical language, but also milestones such as Charandas Chor, Gaon ka Naam Sasural, Mor Naam Damad and Kamdeo ka Apna Basant Ritu ka Sapna.

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