Hasmukh Baradi

Hasmukh Baradi
Baradi in 2010
Born Hasmukh Jamnadas Baradi
(1938-12-23)23 December 1938
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Died 4 February 2017(2017-02-04) (aged 78)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation playwright, theater artist and theater
Language Gujarati
Nationality Indian
Education Master of Arts
Notable works
  • History of Gujarati literature
  • Raino Darpanrai
Children Manvita Baradi
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Hasmukh Jamnadas Baradi (23 December 1938 - 4 February 2017) was a Gujarati playwright, theater artist and theater critic from India.

Biography

Baradi was born on 23 December 1938 in Rajkot. After completing his primary and secondary education in Rajkot, he received a diploma in theater direction from Saurashtra Sangit Natak Academy in 1961. He joined the Gujarat University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1964 in English literature and Sanskrit. He received a Master of Arts in Theater History from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts, Moscow in 1972.[1] From 1959 to 1964, he worked as a playwright at Aakashvani in Vadodara and Rajkot.[2]

He died on 4 February 2017 in Ahmedabad.[3]

His daughter, Manvita Baradi, is a director, theater teacher, and architect in Ahmedabad.[4]

Works

Baradi attempted a fusion of tradition and modernity in his plays.[5] He ran the Garage Studio Theater which was dedicated to the Bhavai theatrical style, a traditional folk theatrical form especially popular in western India. He wrote many plays within the Bhavai form which delved on topics of social reforms.[6]

Kalo Kamlo (lit. Black Blanket), published in 1975, is a experimental psychological play, which was translated into Hindi in 1980 as Kala Kambal. Another play, Raino Darpanrai, is an adaptation of Raino Parvat. Baradina Be Natako (1984), Janardan Joseph (1985), Pachhi Shebaji Bolia, Jashumati Kankuvati, Eklu Aakash ane Bija Natako, Tame Aanathi Ramtata and Akhu Aikhu Farithi are other works he has written. He also translated Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov into Gujarati as Vanya Mama (1983).[2][7][8]

Natak Sarikho Nadar Hunnar (1983) is a work of theater criticism written by Baradi.[2] He also wrote a literary history of Gujarati theater as Gujarati Theaterno Itihas, which was translated into English by Vinod Meghani as The History of Gujarati Theater in 2004.[9]

Awards

He received the Narmad Suvarna Chandrak (1987-1991) for his work Raino Darpanrai (1986). He received Kumar Suvarna Chandrak in 1981 for his contribution to Gujarati theater.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Thaker, Dhirubhai (2000). ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ [Gujarati Encyclopedia]. 13. Ahmedabad: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust. pp. 361–362.
  2. 1 2 3 "સવિશેષ પરિચય: હસમુખ બારાડી, ગુજરાતી સાહિત્ય પરિષદ". Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (in Gujarati). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Playwright Hasmukh Baradi passes away". The Times of India. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Theatre Training Institute - Ahmedabad". Theatre Media Centre. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. ↑ Chinu Modi; Darshana Trivedi (2006). Two Plays: Aurangzeb, Naishadhrai. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Academy. p. V.
  6. ↑ Biswajit Sinha (2004). Folk theatre. Raj Publications. p. 41. ISBN 978-81-86208-35-9.
  7. ↑ Thaker, Dhirubhai P. (1999). Glimpses of Gujarati literature. Gandhinagar: Gujarat Sahitya Akademy. pp. 38, 93. ISBN 81-7227-061-5.
  8. ↑ Bimal Mukherjee; Sunil Kothari; Ananda Lal (1995). Rasa: Theatre and inema. Kolkata: Anamika Kala Sangam. p. 131.
  9. ↑ Rita Kothari (20 December 2005). Translating India: The Cultural Politics of English. New Delhi: Foundation Books. p. 91. ISBN 978-81-7596-305-4.
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