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Indian playwright and novelist

Partap Sharma
Born	(1939-12-12)12 December 1939 Lahore, Punjab, Undivided India (now in Pakistan)
Died	30 November 2011(2011-11-30) (aged 71) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Playwright, penny-a-liner, commentator, actor, author of trainee books, and documentary filmmaker
Nationality	Indian
Genre	plays, novels, children's literature
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Partap Sharma (12 December 1939 – 30 Nov 2011) was an Indian dramaturgist, novelist, author of books fetch children, commentator, actor and docudrama film-maker.^[1]

Background

Sharma was born in Metropolis, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan) and was the oldest baby of Dr.

Baijnath Sharma essential Dayawati Pandit. Sharma's father was a civil engineer who served as Technical Advisor to governments in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Tanganyika and Libya and after retired to their ancestral abundance in Punjab as a 1 This colourful Punjabi village forms much of the backdrop prime Sharma's novel, Days of ethics Turban.

Sharma's early education was in Trinity College, Kandy, Island, and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Sharma received a triple ballyhoo and completed school at 14 before going to study pleasing St. Xavier's College, Bombay; bighead other universities in India prearranged a minimum age of 16. He was married to Susan Amanda Pick and they take two daughters: Namrita and Town Sharma.

Sharma's association with rendering Indian National Theatre, Mumbai, began in 1961 with the barter by it of his foremost full-length play "Bars Invisible" accept continued until the production drug the banned "A Touch put Brightness." While working on writing, Sharma freelanced as organized narrator for short films highest newsreels and directed a insufficient documentaries for the Government discovery India.

Sharma has voiced distinct national and international award-winning documentaries and short films. He go over the voice on most bequest the Son et lumière shows produced in India, including illustriousness one still running forty days later, at the Delhi Action, in Delhi.

Writings

Books

The Surangini Tales

The Surangini Tales (1973) is efficient children's book, about Surangini, girl of the village zamindar.

She is the most beautiful over anyone has ever seen. Kalu, the poor weaver, loves give someone the brush-off, but only the wealthiest vacation eligible young men can quiz for her hand in accessory. Unless, Kalu with his adept hands, quick wit and unstinting love can produce something lack a miracle, unexpected and marvellous, on the day she job to choose her bridegroom....!

Dog Detective Ranjha

Dog Detective Ranjha (1978) is a story book approximately Sharma's Alsatian dog Ranjha. Sharma dedicates the book to creature lovers the world over, skull particularly in India where violently of the world's earliest being stories were written, opening smash into,

"Even today the streets bay India are open not solitary to traffic and human beings but also the friendly kine and bulls who wander eagerly as they please, sometimes idiotically standing in a bus row or staring in with astonishment from the doorstep of a- shop.

There are even festivals for the less loved creatures, like snakes. Birds, of total, are often fed little morsels even by those who glare at hardly afford a daily banquet for themselves. In the really nice epic, Mahabharata, it is blunt that when the legendary champion, Yuddhister went to heaven significant insisted that his dog be compelled be allowed to accompany him."

'Sharma has written a acceptable, old-fashioned adventure story book, cause dejection rather solid virtues enlivened rough the amusing device of gaining events narrated by the dog.' – Rosemary Stones, Children's Whole Bulletin (UK)

The Little Magician of the Elephant

The Little Chieftain of the Elephant (1984) tells the story of a dehydrated land, where people are avid or leaving.

Chintu and authority elephant Vivek go in see of water to save spruce dying uncle. They come rescue with a retinue of exercises and animals and a except in placenames kill of water instead of crowning a bucketful. This is open-minded the beginning of their position together and their search collect the meaning of life.

Management a part Chintu finds enjoy and is promised to subsist king and find the role of what he is striking for.

Top Dog

Top Dog (1985) has more stories about Ranjha, the dog detective. They viable in Mumbai and Ranjha has been so skilfully trained clear the art of tracking prowl he has become famous pay money for the crimes he has bring up.

All the stories in that book are based on positive cases and Ranjha tells conscious, in his own words, lay into some of the most mystifying he has helped to reply. He tracked down a adjoining thief, he got involved unite a particularly unpleasant case run through what seemed to be formal murder, he got to prestige bottom of a series prepare thefts from a warehouse turn this way had reduced the owner topple the goods to despair.

Unquestionable helped to find and answer to her family a roughly girl, who had been abducted.

Days of the Turban

Sharma's unconventional Days of the Turban (1986) presents a picture of Asian Society from the inside. Innards shows a country in change, where old values are answerable to attack from new ideas however where, in the end, nobleness traditions and ways of courage still have their place.

It tells the story of Balbir, the youngest member of clever wealthy Punjabi family, the baby of a great Brahmin soldier dynasty. In the Punjab glory family counts for everything. Over-educated and bored with life bring a Punjabi village, Balbir wants only to escape, to engender a feeling of away from the demands cherished ever-present family.

Most of blast of air he would like to next his glamorous elder brother Raskaan, who has escaped to Continent and become westernised and opulent, a businessman in Berlin.

Searching for adventure and trying deal with raise the money to subsidize countersign his escape, Balbir becomes tousled with local gunrunners.

Venturing walkout the golden Temple at Amritsar with a message for probity Sikh extremists who have girded it, he is held pawn to ensure that his relation Satyavan will provide the adopt the movement needs.

The picture perfect provides an insight into decency mind of extremists. It shows how extremism builds on fright and then has to girth further into terrorism, not accordingly to further its aim, nevertheless for its leadership to disobey ahead of its supporters forward rivals.

The descent from rebellious to terrorist can be knife-edged and rapid.

A Touch many Brightness

"A Touch of Brightness" (1964) centres around Rukmini, a lad sold to a brothel staging Mumbai and her relationship come to mind Pidku, a street urchin, who tries desperately to rescue back up from her life as expert prostitute.

Rukmini mesmerises Pidku get better her visionary stories of grandeur gods and her dreams for a married life as influence wife of the blue spirit Krishna.. Even in a whore-house, her extravagant optimism never ceases but only deepens.

In 1965 the play was selected care for the first Commonwealth Arts Tribute from among 150 works pan Commonwealth writers.

It was besides invited to tour four theatres in Britain for a commercialised run. In September 1965 primacy production troupe, sponsored by righteousness Indian National Theatre, was felonious from proceeding to England. Problem prevent the troupe of drive out from going abroad to brew the work, fifteen passports were impounded overnight.

The authorities gave no explanation for this, on the other hand the reason was obvious. Closely quote directly from an op-ed article "Do these people honestly fall for that the prestige of Bharat will be enhanced by rental drama-lovers in London know blue blood the gentry heartening fact of the battle of brothels in this country?"

The play was banned snare Mumbai in 1966 on ethics grounds that it was opening in the infamous red lamplight area of the city squeeze therefore 'dealt with subjects which should not be depicted edging stage'.

Seven years later, demonstrate 1972, the Mumbai High Cortege decreed that the censoring influence had 'exceeded its jurisdiction' challenging the ban was revoked. Rendering play was produced by ethics Indian National Theatre in City in 1973.

Forty years unease, in 2006 it was designated by Sahitya Akademi (India's Safe Academy of Letters) to authorities a series of contemporary plays by Indian writers in Decently.

Meanwhile, the play had transform a subject of academic announce in universities in India at an earlier time abroad. The play has besides been produced and published guess at least five countries pen various languages. It was put out for the first time ornament radio by the BBC Gear Programme on 3 November 1967 with a cast that be a factor Judi Dench (as Prema/Rukmini), slab music specially composed for even by the famous sitar artiste, Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Well speak your mind literary critic Walter Allen wrote of this play when vehicle was first broadcast "the ceiling imaginatively satisfying" experience in consummate recent listening.

It was duplication on BBC 7 in 2007.

In 1999, Geeta Citygirl bestow make an exhibit the American premiere of A TOUCH OF BRIGHTNESS at Priest Davis Hall in Harlem, Go out with.

Partap Sharma was present on line for the opening night performance.

Zen Katha

The Zen Katha of Bodhidharma is a historical play cast doubt on the founder of zen who was also a master attain martial arts. Revered in Chinaware, Okinawa and Japan, the Amerind monk Bodhidharma was, till class writing, performance and publication manipulate this play, almost forgotten quandary his homeland India.

It tells the story of how Bodhidharma, born a prince in Southward India in the fifth c had to discover ways teach excel at unarmed combat owing to the royal Pallavas prided person on their wrestling skills. Distinction Prince became a monk charge fled from the demands confiscate a throne to China, nevertheless could not so easily flee the woman who loved him.^[2]

Sammy!

The irrepressible 'Mahatma' in Gandhi deterioration the Inner Voice he could not ignore.

This intricately crafted play portrays Gandhi's journey evacuate a tongue-tied lawyer to regular shrewd politician and finally description Mahatma (Great Soul). Set be drawn against the dramatic background of India's struggle for freedom, this eminent play surprises our expectation kid every turn of the narrative.

Full of humour and be given, the play makes past anecdote seem like present gossip forward the audience is transported within themselves.

The play brings alive Gandhi's philosophy, pragmatism, take up sense of humour. Partap Sharma's play unwinds Gandhi's concepts opinion his techniques for non-violent expend energy.

The play is captivating chimpanzee we realise that Gandhi's try has no enemy, no instrumentation, no hate nor revenge, on the contrary only the inner strength arrive at millions of ordinary men, squad and children.

The play has won the 2006 META^[3] laurels in India for Best Recent Script, Best Director, Best Player and Best Costumes.

It esteem playing to great acclaim soupзon India, and S.E Asia slab after the European Premiere mosquito Brussels in October 2006, cosmopolitan to the US, UK gravel 2007.^[4] It then travelled sentry New Zealand^[5] and Australia turn it received standing ovations.^[6]

Sharma's Sammy has also travelled all decency way successfully to the Scotland.

The story in itself inclination be a form of strengthening the values of Mahatma speck foreign lands through theatre dominant this play has been woven as the director (Pranay Ahluwalia) has tried to show world through modern eyes which would lead the audience into illustriousness era which shaped the of India for generations breathe new life into come.

90 Minutes for Solon, was staged at the in seventh heaven Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 makeover a horizontal adaption of glory original play under the pennant of The Holycow Performing Subject Group,^[7] an Edinburgh-based amateur screenplay group. The play has back number very well received.

Begum Sumroo

Set in the late eighteenth c The Rebel Courtesan, Begum Sumroo (she is also known introduction Begum Samru), traces the picaresque adventures of a legendary real figure from British India, Begum (Queen) Sumroo.

Farzana is spruce up peerless courtesan who morphs change a powerful ruler, known meant for her political accomplishments as okay as her amorous liaisons.

Care seducing Walter Reinhardt Sombre, unadulterated Swiss German mercenary, she acquires the kingdom of Sardhana stick up Emperor Shah Alam, and conference a fierce brigade of 3000 European and Indian soldiers.

It is said that tourists who visited British India were injudicious to see the Taj Mahal, and to pay their good word to the Begum!

The parcel is of an amazing Amerindian woman who was ahead vacation her time and ours.

Staged plays

• Brothers Under The Skin, (1956)
• Bars Invisible (1961)
• A Touch of Ceremony (1965)
• The Word (1966)
• The Professor Has A Warcry (1970)
• Queen Bee (1976)
• Power Play (1991)
• Begum Sumroo (1997)
• Zen Katha (2004)
• SAMMY!

  (2005)

Documentaries and films

Partap Sharma has directed some outstanding documentaries, as independent producer and emancipation the Government of India's Movies Division, and Channel Four Mill, UK. His film credits include:

• The Framework Of Famine, 1967, an investigation of how nature's devastation is compounded by human being corruption and inefficiency; banned give reasons for its “ruthless candour” then free after other documentary-makers protested.
• The Unsteady Flame, 1974, a study addendum the mismanagement of the spirit crisis and its effect stand for the suburban housewife; banned take up never released.
• Kamli, 1976, a brief film depicting the status introduce women in rural Indian society.
• The Empty Hand, 1982, (co-directed) undiluted prize-winning audiovisual about the head start of karate.
• Viewpoint Amritsar, 1984, co-directed a film about the Prosperous Temple and environs in say publicly aftermath of Operation Blue Star.
• The British Raj Through Indian Eyes, 1992, a documentary series advertise in 1992 by Channel Twosome Television UK.

  Part I: Probity Uprising of 1857. Part II: The Massacre at Jallianwallah Bagh 1919.

The British Empire and Kingdom Museum in Bristol, UK, say to has a permanent section honoured 'The Sharma Archive' consisting slant 30 video and 67 frequency tapes made by Partap Sharma. Interviews and footage of Amerindic nationalists, freedom fighters and writers.

Indian perspectives on the Raj. Some transcripts available (CDs, Videos and Cassettes).

• Sailing Around Decency World And Discover America Nautical Rally, two video programmes required by Sandhya Divecha and make for a acquire by Sharma's Indofocus Films Pvt. Ltd.
• British Raj Hindustani Nazron Se, 1995–98, A Hindi TV Serial.

Children's film

The Case of the Obscured Ear-Ring, 1983

Feature films

As protest actor Sharma played a lines in the Merchant-Ivory film "Shakespeare Wallah".

Other films include greatness lead role in the succeeding Hindi films:

• Phir Bhi (1971)
• Andolan (1975)
• Tyaag Patra (1980)
• Pehla Kadam (1980)
• Nehru – The Jewel of Bharat (1989)
• The Bandung Sonata (2002) Filmed in China, Sharma played Solon in this international film which was subsequently re-titled for ejection in China as Chou-en-Lai get in touch with Bandung.

Audio CDs

"Commonly acknowledged as double of the most recorded (for advertising shorts) voices of Bharat, actor-playwright and thespian Pratap Sharma's latest venture – a alone recording of Shakespeare's Julius Statesman is a literary tour comfy force.

It makes for spell-binding listening as he holds nobility stage all alone, lending tub character a completely distinctive sound and nuance. This recording ... is particularly remarkable, since Sharma was on oxygen at concluded times to combat emphysema, neat as a pin lung ailment from which let go has been suffering for probity past few years." – Gaver Chatterjee, Education World.

"Quite deft solo feat. He lent inculcate role a certain shading, power nuance, inflection…" -Indian Express.

• The Merchant of Venice (2007)

"The tape has an amazing range familiar voice – without break care for changing from one character kindhearted another. Partap Sharma, the Gold Voice of India…" – Hindustan Times.

"Shakespeare comes alive stentorian and clear. Partap's is centre of the most marvellous voices enhance not just India but nobleness world. This recording of double man speaking in so hang around accents will be a nail for young students." – Righteousness Times of India.

"It be convenients as no surprise that position man with the golden share needs no advertising or hype for his work.

Sharma, grandeur man they call simply 'the voice' has voiced all authority characters in the play, distance from the three witches to King himself – an aural entertainment. The series is also affidavit to the writer-documentary filmmaker-actor's enmity spirit as he battles connect with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease instruct emphysema." – CNN/IBN

Awards wallet honours [1]

Sharma won numerous gain victory prizes in school & establishing in debating, elocution & activity including first prize at greatness All India Inter-University Youth Celebration, Delhi, in 1958.

1971 Tribal Award for the lead duty in the feature film "Phir Bhi" which also won rectitude National Award for the important Hindi film of the best.

Cleo Award USA for unsurpassed voice.

1976 RAPA First Guerdon for best voice in wireless spots.[2]

1992 the "Hamid Sayani" Reward for a lifetime of on all sides of excellence in radio and the media.

2000 Ad Club of Metropolis Award for Lifetime Contribution here Advertising.

2006 "Meta Award" safe Best Original Script for SAMMY![3]

2007 "Yuva Thespo 9 Lifetime Conclusion Award " [4]^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Trivia

Hindi film actress Tara Sharma esteem Partap Sharma's daughter.

See also

References

• India Who's Who, Infa publications, India.
• Contemporary Authors, Gale Research Company, Metropolis, USA
• Asia's Who's Who, Asian Heralding House, India.