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Mohan Rakesh (8 January 1925 – 3 December 1972) was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani ("New Story") literary movement of the Hindi literature in India in the 1950s. He wrote the first modern Hindi play, Ashadh Ka Ek Din (One Day in Aashad) (1958), which won a competition organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Hindi: आषाढ़ का एक दिन, One Day in Ashadh) is a Hindi play by Mohan Rakesh that debuted in 1958 [1] and is considered the first Modern Hindi play. [2] The play received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for best play in 1959 and has been staged by several prominent directors to critical acclaim. [1]
Ashadh Ka Ek Din is a 1971 Hindi film based on play of the same name by Mohan Rakesh. [1] The film directed by Mani Kaul starred Arun Khopkar, Rekha Sabnis, Om Shivpuri and Aruna Irani . The film's story as in play is centered on a love triangle between Sanskrit poet Kalidas , Mallika and Priyangumanjari.
He was the first to perform modernist Mohan Rakesh, starting with Ashadh Ka Ek Din (One Day in Ashad) in 1960 [2] and in the coming years bridged the gap between Hindi theatre and Bengali theatre, by mounting Hindi productions of works by Bengali playwrights, like Badal Sircar's Evam Indrajit (1968) and Pagla Ghora (1971), which in turn ...
He was the first to perform modernist Mohan Rakesh, starting with his magnum opus Ashadh Ka Ek Din (One Day in Ashad) in 1960 and in the coming years bridged the gap between Hindi theatre and Bengali theatre, by mounting Hindi productions of works by Bengali playwrights, like Badal Sircar's Evam Indrajit (1968) and Pagla Ghora (1971), which in ...
He started acting in plays from school. In class 11th, he acted in his first play Ashadh Ka Ek Din, written by Mohan Rakesh. In theater, he acted in various plays, such as the Roman play Peer Gynt in Hindi and Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children in Hindi (by Neelabh Ashk). [4]
He has also acted in the TV shows Wagle Ki Duniya (1988) and Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey (2021). On television, Srivastav made his mark as the quintessential "common man" in the TV series Wagle Ki Duniya (Wagle's World) (1988–90) and Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya , where he played the lead role, apart from Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984) and ...
Uski Roti (English titles: Other's bread, His/her bread, A Day's Bread) is a 1969 Hindi film directed by Mani Kaul.It was Kaul's first feature film, based on a short story of the same name by Mohan Rakesh, who also wrote the dialogue for the film.