Form and Meaning in Mahesh Dattani’s Plays

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Modern Indian Theatre came into being with the establishment of Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music and Dance Drama and the National School of Drama in the1950s and 60s. The best known four playwrights — Mohan Rakesh, Girish Karnad, Badal Sircar and Vijay Tendulkar — dominated the Indian theatre for quite a long time. Mahesh Dattani appeared on the horizon in the 1980s and revolutionized both Indian English play and theatre. He shot into fame with the winning of Sahitya Akademi Award for Final Solutions and Other Plays in 1998. His subsequent plays which appeared in Collected Plays in two volumes were equally well received by the readers. Mahesh Dattani’s plays are set in contemporary society. He has examined issues of gender inequality, social exclusion, fundamentalism and the impact of dreaded disease HIV/AIDS on people’s mind. What distinguishes him from other playwrights is his courage of conviction in depicting the innovative themes like portrayal of sex preferences by men and women which were until recently considered to be a taboo in Indian society. His realistic portrayal of human nature evokes both sympathy and empathy in the minds of readers. The book analyses with insight and precision various themes in Dattani’s plays. As drama is a performing art, it also highlights his techniques of stage production. It will be useful to students, teachers and researchers in Indian English plays and those concerned with stage cr

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bijay Kumar Das

Dr. Vijay Kumar Das, M.A., Ph.D. is presently engaged in his post-doctoral research. He was with the P.G Department of English, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and Khallikote College, Berhampur. Dr. Das has published a number of research papers and books on English Literature and Indian English Literature. He has made a large number of critical studies of poetry which have been published as books, besides several well researched articles in eminent publications. He has published research papers on a number of famous Western and Indian poets. Dr. Das has contributed to the Encyclopaedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (New York).