Contribution of Badal Sircar

 Badal Sircar also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti- establishment plys during the Naxalite Movement in the 1970's and taking theatre out of the proscenium and into public arena, when he transformed his own theatre company, 'Shatabdi' as a third theatre group. He wrote more than 50 plays of which Evam Indrajit, Basi Khabar and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces. A pioneering figure in street theatre as well as in experimental and contemporary Bengali theatre with his egalitarian "Third Theatre", he prolifically wrote scripts for his Anganmanch (Courtyard stage) performances and remains one of the most translated Indian playwrights. Though his early comedies were popular, it was his anst-ridden Evam Indrajit (And Indrajit) that become a landmark play in Indian theatre. Today his rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s is seen as the coming of the age of Modern Indian playwriting in Bengali, just as Vijay Tendulkar did it in Marathi, Mohan Rakesh in Hindi, and Girish Karnad in Kannada. He was awarded the Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, and the Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts by Government of India in 1997. Badal Sircar influenced a number of film directors, theatre directors as well as writers of his time. Sarkar is also the subject of two documentaries, one directed by film maker and critic, Amshan Kumar, and another 'A Face in the Procession' by Sudeb Sinha, which was shot over two years.

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