https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kewal_DhaliwalKewal Dhaliwal - Revision history2026-09-07T17:03:16ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kewal_Dhaliwal&diff=198910&oldid=prev>Dl2000: check/fix ref2021-09-27T22:36:01Z<p>check/fix ref</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kewal Dhaliwal<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = |<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964 |10|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ajnala, India|Ajnala]], [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = Post Graduation from [[National School of Drama]],<br />
New Delhi (Specialization in Design & Direction)<br />
| alma_mater = [[National School of Drama]]<br />
| years_active = 1978–present<br />
| employer = <br />
| organization = Manch Rangmanch<br />
| known_for = <br />
| occupation = Theatre director<br />
| parents = S. Shiv Singh & Smt. Mohinder Kaur<br />
| awards = INTERNATIONAL FORD<br />
FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP<br />
}}<br />
'''Kewal Dhaliwal''' (born 7 October 1964) is a Punjabi playwright, theater director and president of Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi Chandigarh.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/need-to-build-relationship-with-theatre-kewal-dhaliwal-564940 | title=Need to build relationship with theatre: Kewal Dhaliwal | first=Neha | last=Saini | date=27 March 2018 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | accessdate=27 September 2021 }}</ref><ref>https://nation.com.pk/05-May-2017/ajoka-theatre-peace-project-concludes</ref> An alumnus of the [[National School of Drama]], Dhaliwal has been active in theater for more than thirty-five years.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/theatre-knows-no-boundaries/article3542213.ece</ref><br />
<br />
== Life ==<br />
Kewal Dhaliwal was born in a village near [[Ajnala, India|Ajnala]], [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in the family of Shiv Singh and Mohinder Kaur.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.directory.manchanpunjab.org/contacts.php?id=60 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160512060408/http://www.directory.manchanpunjab.org/contacts.php?id=60 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-05-12 | title=Manchan Directory | accessdate=2016-05-12 }}</ref><br />
<br />
In 1978, he joined the theatre group of Gursharan bhaji as an artist and worked there for ten years. In 1988, Kewal Dhaliwal joined the [[National School of Drama]]. Then he came to Amritsar and founded Punjabi Theatre Group Manch Rangmanch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profiles.manchanpunjab.org/people.php?id=16|title=Manch Rangmanch&nbsp; -&nbsp; Manchan Profiles|publisher=|access-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901165657/http://www.profiles.manchanpunjab.org/people.php?id=16|archive-date=1 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Plays ==<br />
<br />
=== Play collections ===<br />
* ''Mavan''<br />
* ''Aje Taan Supne Sulghde''<br />
* ''Dhukhda Roh''<br />
* ''Jajbian De Aar Paar''<br />
<br />
=== Plays for children ===<br />
* ''Shahir Saleti''<br />
* ''Rajya Raj Krendya''<br />
<br />
=== Play ===<br />
* ''Itihas De Safe Te''<br />
* ''Sarkar e Khalsa''<br />
* ''Mera Rang De Basanti Chola''<br />
<br />
=== Edited play ===<br />
* ''Das Baal Natak''<br />
* ''Das Nukad Natak''<br />
* ''It Marg Pair Dreejai''<br />
* ''Purja Purja Kat Mare''<br />
* ''Bal Hua Bandhan Chhoote''<br />
<br />
=== Articles on theater ===<br />
* Rangkarmi Di Teesri Akhkh<br />
<br />
== Productions ==<br />
*N<nowiki/>ora (Navnindra Behl)<br />
*[[Mother|M]]<nowiki/>a ([[Maxim Gorky|M<nowiki/>axim Gorki]])<br />
* Medni (Swaraj Bir)<br />
* [[Urdu poetry|Shayari]] (Swaraj Bir )<br />
* [[Kabir]] (S N Sewak)<br />
* Kaidon ( Shahiryar )<br />
* Kort Marshal ( Savdesh Deepak )<br />
* Tasveeran (Swaraj Bir )<br />
* Pul-sirat (Swaraj Bir )<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhaliwal, Kewal}}<br />
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
[[Category:People from Amritsar district]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1964 births]]<br />
[[Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Punjab, India]]</div>>Dl2000