"Begum Qudsia Zaidi Centenary Celebrations 2014" a festival of Begum Zaidi’s plays at Abhimanch, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 6:30pm on 23rd, 24th & 25th December 2014
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"Begum Qudsia Zaidi Centenary Celebrations 2014" a festival of Begum Zaidi’s plays
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Abhimanch, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House, 1 Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi-110001
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Entry : by passes, Available at:
Offline : At NSD Reception
Venue : Abhimanch, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House, 1 Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi-110001
Event Description : "Begum Qudsia Zaidi Centenary Celebrations 2014" a festival of Begum Zaidi’s plays.
Schedule :
23rd December :
Begum Qudsia Zaidi's "Chacha Chhakkan Ke Kaarnaame" play.
Directed by Danish Iqbal and Dr. M Sayeed Alam.
Presented by Pierrot's troupe
Featuring Tom Alter, Niti Phool, Anju Chhabra, Jaskiran Chopra and others.
24th December :
Azar Ka Khwab" play.
adaption of Pygmalion by Qudsia Zaidi
directed by Atul Tiwarli
presented by Academy Of Theatre Arts, University of Mumbai
Featuring: Niranjan Javir, Surleen Kaur, Siddharth Khirid, Ashok Kangude and others
25th December :
"Mudrarakhas" play.
Mudrarakhas is Begum Qudsia Zaidi’s adaptation of Vishakhadatta’s Sanskrit classic Mudrarakshasa. A historically inspired play, Mudrarakshas takes place after the fall of the Nanda Empire, and during the rise of the Maurya Empire.
Accompanying Events :
Seminar on Begum Qudsia Zaidi & the Hindustani Theatre at National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 10am to 5pm on 24th December 2014
"Qudsia Zaidi Hayat & khidmat" an exhibition on the Life & Work of Begum Qudsia Zaidi at National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 10am to 5pm on 23rd, 24th & 25th December 2014
"Setting the Stage" MS Sathyu in conversation with Anjolie Ela Menon at Studio Safdar, May Day Bookstore & Cafe 2254/2A, Ground Floor, Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar > 4pm on 28th December 2014
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Entry : by passes, Available at:
Offline : At NSD Reception
Venue : Abhimanch, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House, 1 Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : "Begum Qudsia Zaidi Centenary Celebrations 2014" a festival of Begum Zaidi’s plays.
Schedule :
23rd December :
Begum Qudsia Zaidi's "Chacha Chhakkan Ke Kaarnaame" play.
Directed by Danish Iqbal and Dr. M Sayeed Alam.
Presented by Pierrot's troupe
Featuring Tom Alter, Niti Phool, Anju Chhabra, Jaskiran Chopra and others.
24th December :
Azar Ka Khwab" play.
adaption of Pygmalion by Qudsia Zaidi
directed by Atul Tiwarli
presented by Academy Of Theatre Arts, University of Mumbai
Featuring: Niranjan Javir, Surleen Kaur, Siddharth Khirid, Ashok Kangude and others
"Mudrarakhas" play.
Mudrarakhas is Begum Qudsia Zaidi’s adaptation of Vishakhadatta’s Sanskrit classic Mudrarakshasa. A historically inspired play, Mudrarakshas takes place after the fall of the Nanda Empire, and during the rise of the Maurya Empire.
Presented by Impressario Asia
Directed by M.S Sathyu & K. K Kohli
About Begum Qudsia Zaidi
Begum Zaidi’s contributions to Hindi-Urdu theatre and literature are far reaching. In 1954, along with HabirTanvir, she founded one of independent India’s first professional theatre companies, the Hindustani Theatre. A group of Delhi-based artists, the Hindustani Theatre sought to stage Sanskrit and European classics in the more accessible language of Hindustani. Their first production, Shakuntala, a Hindustani adaptation of Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play Abhigyanasakuntalam, both shocked and excited Delhi audiences with its experimental approach. Definitive to the Delhi cultural scene of the 1950s, the Hindustani Theatre was integral to the early careers of several Indian theatre doyens such as Habib Tanvir, M S Sathyu, Irshad Panjatan, Yunus Parwaiz, Kusum Haidar, Uma Sharma, and Shyam Arora.
Begum Zaidi wrote and translated several plays for the Hindustani Theatre. Her most popular works include Urdu translations of Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt as Khalid ki Khala, and G.B.Shaw’s Pygmalion as Azar Ka Khwab. Begum Zaidi also wrote prolifically for children, with storybooks like Gulabo Mausi Aur Gubbare and Gandhi Baba Ki Kahani still being published today.
To celebrate the life and work of this important, though often forgotten, figure of Indian theatre, we are curating a series of events across the country from December 2014 to December 2015.
About Hindustani Theatre
The Hindustani Theatre, co-founded by Begum Qudsia Zaidi and Habib Tanvir in 1955, was one of independent India’s first professional theatrecompanies. Through their Theatre, Zaidi and Tanvir hoped to preserve and revive India’s classical and folk performance traditions, while also embracing a more contemporary aesthetic and politics. The Hindustani Theatre produced several contemporary renditions of Sanskrit classics, as well as works of modern European masters such as Shaw and Ibsen. Most idiosyncratic to the Hindustani Theatre’s approach, though, was the translation of classical plays into the vernacular language of Hindustani. This linguistic daring brought the Theatre both mass appreciation and intellectual disrepute—while the plays were, for the most part, well-received, there were also those who believed that the Theatre’s transposition of Sanskrit classics into Hindustani was tantamount to sacrilege.
Paying little heed to its critics, the Hindustani Theatre toured its plays to various parts of India, performing for diplomats, artists, and common folk alike. Unfortunately, just as the Theatre became increasingly inclusive and experimental in its philosophy, it began to wither, only a few years after its inception. Tanvir and Zaidi had a fall-out about the vision for the Theatre, causing Tanvir to leave in 1959. When Zaidi died unexpectedly in 1960, theTheatre was left with shaky administration and without a leader with a vision. The artists of the Hindustani Theatre briefly tried to revive the company themselves, but those efforts dissipated by 1964, when the Hindustani Theatre finally wrapped up for good. Meeting a premature end and remaining in many ways an unfinished dream, the Hindustani Theatre set a new creative and intellectual precedent for Hindi-Urdu theatre. Many of India’s arts doyens such as Habib Tanvir, M S Sathyu, Moneeka Misra, Irshad Panjatan, Uma Sharma, Shyam Arora and Yunus Parwaiz worked with the Hindustani Theatre in the early part of their careers, making the company a landmark in post-independence theatre.
About Begum Qudsia Zaidi
Begum Zaidi’s contributions to Hindi-Urdu theatre and literature are far reaching. In 1954, along with HabirTanvir, she founded one of independent India’s first professional theatre companies, the Hindustani Theatre. A group of Delhi-based artists, the Hindustani Theatre sought to stage Sanskrit and European classics in the more accessible language of Hindustani. Their first production, Shakuntala, a Hindustani adaptation of Kalidasa’s Sanskrit play Abhigyanasakuntalam, both shocked and excited Delhi audiences with its experimental approach. Definitive to the Delhi cultural scene of the 1950s, the Hindustani Theatre was integral to the early careers of several Indian theatre doyens such as Habib Tanvir, M S Sathyu, Irshad Panjatan, Yunus Parwaiz, Kusum Haidar, Uma Sharma, and Shyam Arora.
Begum Zaidi wrote and translated several plays for the Hindustani Theatre. Her most popular works include Urdu translations of Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt as Khalid ki Khala, and G.B.Shaw’s Pygmalion as Azar Ka Khwab. Begum Zaidi also wrote prolifically for children, with storybooks like Gulabo Mausi Aur Gubbare and Gandhi Baba Ki Kahani still being published today.
To celebrate the life and work of this important, though often forgotten, figure of Indian theatre, we are curating a series of events across the country from December 2014 to December 2015.
About Hindustani Theatre
The Hindustani Theatre, co-founded by Begum Qudsia Zaidi and Habib Tanvir in 1955, was one of independent India’s first professional theatrecompanies. Through their Theatre, Zaidi and Tanvir hoped to preserve and revive India’s classical and folk performance traditions, while also embracing a more contemporary aesthetic and politics. The Hindustani Theatre produced several contemporary renditions of Sanskrit classics, as well as works of modern European masters such as Shaw and Ibsen. Most idiosyncratic to the Hindustani Theatre’s approach, though, was the translation of classical plays into the vernacular language of Hindustani. This linguistic daring brought the Theatre both mass appreciation and intellectual disrepute—while the plays were, for the most part, well-received, there were also those who believed that the Theatre’s transposition of Sanskrit classics into Hindustani was tantamount to sacrilege.
Paying little heed to its critics, the Hindustani Theatre toured its plays to various parts of India, performing for diplomats, artists, and common folk alike. Unfortunately, just as the Theatre became increasingly inclusive and experimental in its philosophy, it began to wither, only a few years after its inception. Tanvir and Zaidi had a fall-out about the vision for the Theatre, causing Tanvir to leave in 1959. When Zaidi died unexpectedly in 1960, theTheatre was left with shaky administration and without a leader with a vision. The artists of the Hindustani Theatre briefly tried to revive the company themselves, but those efforts dissipated by 1964, when the Hindustani Theatre finally wrapped up for good. Meeting a premature end and remaining in many ways an unfinished dream, the Hindustani Theatre set a new creative and intellectual precedent for Hindi-Urdu theatre. Many of India’s arts doyens such as Habib Tanvir, M S Sathyu, Moneeka Misra, Irshad Panjatan, Uma Sharma, Shyam Arora and Yunus Parwaiz worked with the Hindustani Theatre in the early part of their careers, making the company a landmark in post-independence theatre.
Website : begumqudsiazaidi.wordpress.com
Accompanying Events :
Seminar on Begum Qudsia Zaidi & the Hindustani Theatre at National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 10am to 5pm on 24th December 2014
"Qudsia Zaidi Hayat & khidmat" an exhibition on the Life & Work of Begum Qudsia Zaidi at National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 10am to 5pm on 23rd, 24th & 25th December 2014
"Setting the Stage" MS Sathyu in conversation with Anjolie Ela Menon at Studio Safdar, May Day Bookstore & Cafe 2254/2A, Ground Floor, Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar > 4pm on 28th December 2014
"Begum Qudsia Zaidi Centenary Celebrations 2014" a festival of Begum Zaidi’s plays at Abhimanch, National School of Drama (NSD), Bahawalpur House > 6:30pm on 23rd, 24th & 25th December 2014
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