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This is a list of those dramatists who wrote their work in the Urdu language. Despite the historical presence of Sanskrit dramas, the history of Urdu drama is begins only with British influences on Urdu in the 19th century. Today Urdu drama has been developed as a separate branch of Urdu literature. [1]
Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (Urdu: سیّد امتیاز علی تاؔج; Sayyid Imtiyāz ʿAlī Tāj; 1900–1970) was a Pakistani dramatist who wrote in the Urdu language. [1] He is best known for his 1922 play Anarkali , based on the life of Anarkali , that was staged hundreds of times and was adapted for feature films in India and Pakistan ...
Pages in category "Urdu-language dramatists and playwrights" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Urdu Drama evolved from the prevailing dramatic traditions of North India shaping Rahas or Raas as practiced by exponents like Wajid Ali Shah, Nawab of Awadh. His dramatic experiments led to the famous Inder Sabha of Agha Hasan Amanat and later this tradition took the shape of Parsi theatre .
Śakuntalā (in English translation) influenced Goethe's Faust (1808–1832). [3] The next great Indian dramatist was Bhavabhuti (c. 7th century CE). He is said to have written the following three plays: Malati-Madhava, Mahaviracharita and Uttararamacarita. Among these three, the last two cover between them the entire epic of Ramayana
Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009 [2]) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. [2] He was the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975).
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Zahida Zaidi (4 January 1930 – 11 January 2011) was an Indian scholar, professor of English literature, poet, dramatist, playwright, and literary critic. Her literary contributions include more than 30 books in Urdu and English related to social, psychological, and philosophical aspects, and the translation of the literary works of Chekhov, Pirandello, Beckett, Sartre, and Ionesco.