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About The Book:
Jana Natya Manch (Janam) is India's best-known radical street theatre group. Founded in 1973, the group has done about 8,000 performances of its 80-odd street and proscenium plays in over 140 towns, cities and villages of India.
On 1 January 1989, the group was attacked in performance in a working class locality on the outskirts of Delhi. Safdar Hashmi, Janam's brilliant leader, was killed in this attack. This book contains an article by and a lengthy interview with Safdar Hashmi, in which he reflects on the Janam experience.
After Safdar's murder, Janam has continued working, relentlessly doing theatre among the poor and the dispossessed. This book contains writings and interviews by Janam activists, by writers and directors who have worked with Janam, and academic researchers. These writings describe Janam's work, reflect on it, provide sharp insights and raise hard questions.
For anyone interested in theatre and its connection with politics, society, history and culture, this book is a fascinating resource.
SUDHANVA DESHPANDE has been with Janam since 1987. He is an actor, director and writer. He has co-directed, with Sanjay Maharishi, a film on India's preeminent theatre artiste, Habib Tanvir, and his company Naya Theatre. Sudhanva has held teaching positions at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and the A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi. He works as editor at LeftWord Books.
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Review:
"This is a slim but rich collection of interviews and essays . . . . The book answers many questions sceptics and fans have asked about street theatre. What is it? Where is it? . . . Does it thrive only in oppressive regimes? . . . How is street theatre different from traditional or proscenium theatre?"
FRONTLINE
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