However, Upendra Nath Ashk seemed more fluent in one-act drama, many of them often staged by amateur Hindi theatre groups, and published in the collections Devataon ki chhaya men i.e. 'Under the Shadows of the Gods' in 1939, Pakka gana i.e. 'Classical Song' in 1944, Parda uthao parda girao i.e. 'Raise the Curtain, Drop the Curtain' in 1951, Sahab ko jukam hai i.e. 'Sahib's Caught a Cold' in 1959, Taidie i.e. 'Towels' in 1963, and Bebat ki bat i.e. 'Talk of Non-issues' in 1963. Always surrounded by controversies, he even used to create them, yet he was the first Hindi dramatist to win a Sangeet Natak Akademi award, in 1965. This famous personality on Indian theatre died in the year of 1996. This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com |