Mahesh Dattani: Me and My Plays
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | 4:00PM - 6:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
“No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you have already had.” – Marquez, quoted in Mahesh Dattani’s play Where Did I Leave My Purdah
This quote appears early in Dattani’s play, when the protagonist Nazia Saheba decides to go back to the theatre after thirty years, still craving more dances even at the ripe age of 82. She goes on, “I want more dances. Dances that nobody can take from me. Oh! This van is too small! It can’t take my dancing. Your cinema is too small for me. My life is big. I am big and generous. Only the theatre deserves me!”
For Dattani, dancing, singing, and performing in general have always represented living life to the fullest. This metaphor plays out in three of his works that he calls his triptych.
Mahesh Dattani is a playwright, stage director, and filmmaker. In 1998, he won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for his book Final Solutions and Other Plays, published by Manas. His plays have been performed in all of India’s major cities and around the world, and have been included on the course syllabi at several prestigious universities in India. He lives in Mumbai.
The lecture will be followed by reception.
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