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{{Infobox person
| name = Manjul Bhardwaj
| image = Manjul_Bhardwaj2.JPG
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dahkora, [[Bahadurgarh]], [[Jhajjar]], Haryana, India
| occupation = Actor, writer, director, social activist}}

'''Manjul Bhardwaj''' is an [[actor]], [[Film director|director]], writer, facilitator, and initiator in [[theatre]]. He is from Dahkora Village in [[Jhajjar district|Jhajjar District]] of [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mukherji|first=Anahita|title=An actor and an activist|url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/an-actor-and-an-activist-7412|access-date=10 March 2012|newspaper=The Times of India Crest Edition|date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220411/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/an-actor-and-an-activist-7412|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> For the past 25 years, he has been based in [[Mumbai]] and dedicated himself to creating "The Theatre of Relevance." As a writer and director, he has written and directed more than 25 plays.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Experimental Theatre Foundation|title=17 years of Theatre of Relevance|url=http://www.etfindia.org/About_ETF.html|website=www.etfindia.org|access-date=3 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114192631/http://www.etfindia.org/About_ETF.html|archive-date=14 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1992, Bhardwaj founded The Experimental Theatre Foundation, a pioneering theatre movement in [[India]].<ref name="etfindia1">{{cite web|publisher=The Experimental Theatre Foundation|title=About The Experimental Theatre Foundation (ETF)|url=http://www.etfindia.org/About_ETF.html|website=www.etfindia.org|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Decade of theatre activism|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/aug/29321.htm|access-date=4 February 2012|newspaper=MiD DAY Infomedia Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/2006/etf/index.htm|title=KinderKulturKarawane 2006 - The Power of Culture|website=www.kinderkulturkarawane.de}}</ref> He has conducted more than 300 "Theatre of Relevance" workshops<ref name="etfindia1"/> for a variety of organizations, institutions and groups, in 28 states of India<ref>{{cite web|last=Shetty|first=Vijay|title=Manjul Bhardwaj with Nicobari Children—A report|url=http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|publisher=www.etfindia.org|access-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110233114/http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|archive-date=10 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as abroad<ref>{{cite web|last=Dube|first=Darshana|title=Worldwide acceptance of the concept|url=http://www.etfindia.org/BNUchildrenTheatre8.html|publisher=The Experimental Theatre Foundation's Initiative|access-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021024408/http://www.etfindia.org/BNUchildrenTheatre8.html|archive-date=21 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Singapore and Germany).<ref>{{cite web|last=Baumann|first=Till|title=METAXIS. The Theatre of the Oppressed Review, No.3/2004 (to be published)|url=http://www.tillbaumann.de/pdf/baumann_lammers-zivilcourage.pdf|publisher=www.tillbaumann.de|access-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227202154/http://www.tillbaumann.de/pdf/baumann_lammers-zivilcourage.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=" Vishwa – The World" Was performed 24 times for 41 days in all over Germany|url=http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|publisher=The Experimental Theatre Foundation|access-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110233114/http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|archive-date=10 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Brandeis University]] sends students for internship to understand fundamentals, principles, concepts and processes of "Theatre of Relevance".<ref>{{cite web|author=International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life|title=Internship Ideas|url=http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/atbrandeis/sorensenfellowship/internships.html|publisher=Brandeis University|access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>

His work has focused on issues such as [[child labour]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Wajihuddin|first=Mohammed|title=He directs children on the stage of life|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-05/mumbai/27827258_1_child-labour-vegetable-vendor-kandivli|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190045/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-05/mumbai/27827258_1_child-labour-vegetable-vendor-kandivli|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mukherji|first=Anahita|title=An actor and an activist|url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/an-actor-and-an-activist-7412|access-date=10 March 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220411/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/an-actor-and-an-activist-7412|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> people affected by [[Hives|HIV]] and [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] ,<ref>{{cite news|last= Singh|first=Ivninderpal|title=Preparing people to perform on life's stage|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100611/cth1.htm#9|access-date=3 February 2012|newspaper=The Tribune Chandigarh}}</ref> and what is known as "[[Sex-selective abortion|Sex-Selection]]" (the homicide of female fetus).<ref>{{cite news|last=ExpressNewsService|first=Chandigarh|title=Girls break gender barriers, find identity in theatre|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/girls-break-gender-barriers-find-identity-in-theatre/878998/|access-date=3 February 2012|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=ExpressIndia|first=Parul|title=Cause & effect|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/cause-&-effect/298886/|access-date=3 February 2012|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Workshop|title=CHILDLINE 1098 Service – Profiles of Resource People|url=http://www.childlineindia.org.in/1098/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Worskshop-Profiles.htm|publisher=Childline India Foundation|access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Theatre Creating Environmental Awareness|url=http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/NGOs/Experimental-Theater-Foundation.aspx|publisher=Indian Wildlife Club|access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=An unequal world|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/an-unequal-world/article_44926|access-date=4 February 2012|newspaper=Afternoon Despatch & Courier Mumbai India}}</ref>

In 2006, he and his group were invited in "Kinder Kultur Karawane"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/2004/wr.htm|title=Westfälische Rundschau - Manjul Bharadwaj|website=www.kinderkulturkarawane.de}}</ref> by ''Buro Fur Kultur Und-Medien Projekte'' to Germany to perform the play "Vishwa – The World" for 41 days from 10 September to 20 October 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/2006/daten/index.htm|title=KinderKulturKarawane 2006 - The Power of Culture|website=www.kinderkulturkarawane.de}}</ref> The play was performed 24 times in 13 cities of Germany (Hamburg, Ahrensburg, Berlin, Dessau, Penzberg, Biberach, Dobeln, Wiesbaden, Marburg, Chemnitz, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg and Radolfzell).<ref>{{cite web|last=The World|first=Vishwa|title=kinder kultur karawane 2006|url=http://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/2006/pics/beiersdorfeng.pdf|publisher=www.kinderkulturkarawane.de|access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=2006|first=KinderKulturKarawane|title="Vishwa – The World" Was performed 24 times for 41 days in all over Germany|url=http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|publisher=The Experimental Theatre Foundation|access-date=29 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110233114/http://www.etfindia.org/LatestNews.html|archive-date=10 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Theatre career==
Bhardwaj has written or directed the following plays:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Sr.No. !! Year!! Name of The Play !! Language !! Subject !! Play Time !! First Time Presented At !! First Time Presented on
|-
| 1
| 1993
| Door Se Kisi Ne Aawaj Di
| [[Hindi]]
| [[Secularism]] & [[National Integration]]
| 30 Mins
| Birla Krida Kendra, [[Girgaon]], [[Mumbai]]
| 12 February 1993
|-
| 2
| 1993
| Dekha Dekhi
| Hindi
| [[Commercialization]] & [[Middle Class]]
| 60 mins
| Karnataka Sangh, [[Matunga]], [[Mumbai]]
| 17 April 1993
|-
| 3
| 1994
| Mera Bachpan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kinderkulturkarawane.de/2003/etf/index.htm|title=Experimental Theatre Foundation, Mumbai|website=www.kinderkulturkarawane.de}}</ref>
| Hindi
| [[Child Labour]]
| 40 Mins
| Gautam Nagar, [[Charkop]], [[Kandivali]] (W), Mumbai
| 12 April 1994
|-
| 4
| 1994
| Dwandwa
| Hindi
| Household Violence
| 30 Mins
| Tata Community Centre, [[Chembur]], Mumbai
| 31 July 1994
|-
| 5
| 1998
| Napunsak
| Hindi
| [[Political]] & Social Satire
| 50 Mins
| Sydenham College, [[Churchgate]], Mumbai
| 9 March 1998
|-
| 6
| 1998
| Main Aurat Hun
| Hindi
| Women Identity
| 30 Mins
| [[Mumbai University]], Mumbai
| 11 April 1998
|-
| 7
| 1999
| Vidya Dadati Viniyam
| Hindi
| Importance of Education
| 40 Mins
| Karnataka Sangh, Matunga, Mumbai
| 13 January 1999
|-
| 8
| 2000
| B-7<ref>{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=45396319 |title=रंगढंग - सात छोटे पक्षी उडताहेत जर्मनीच्या दिशेने ! |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411042927/http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=45396319 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-11 }}</ref>
| English
| [[Globalization]], [[Privatization]], & Commercialization
| 50 Mins
| UNESCO Theatre, [[Hannover]], [[Germany]]
| 7 September 2000
|-
| 9
| 2001
| B-7<ref>http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2001/jan/6062.htm</ref>
| Hindi
| Globalization, Privatization, & Commercialization
| 50 Mins
| Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai
| 18 January 2001
|-
| 10
| 2002
| Dhundh
| Hindi
| Child Sexual Exploitation
| 50 Mins
| A.V. Room, N.C.P.A. Mumbai
| 21 November 2002
|-
| 11
| 2003
| Red Light
| Hindi
| [[Human Trafficking]]
| 50 Mins
| Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Mumbai
| 16 March 2003
|-
| 12
| 2005
| Ladali
| Hindi
| Sex/Gender selection – Female Foeticide
| 60 Mins
| Tata Theatre, S.P.P.A.A. Mumbai
| 9 June 2005
|-
| 13
| 2006
| Vishwa – The World
| [[English language|English]]
| Youth Struggles Dreams & their Idols
| 70 Mins
| Aufführung, "Kultur im Betrieb", Beiersdorf AG, Unnastraße 48, Hamburg, Germany
| 12 September 2006
|-
| 14
| 2012
| Chhed Chhad Kyun?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-collegians-perform-play-to-keep-eveteasers-at-bay-1744873|title=Collegians perform play to keep eveteasers at bay|date=25 September 2012|website=DNA India}}</ref>
| Hindi
| Eve-teasing and [[Sexual Harassment]]
| 70 Mins
| Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai
| 28 September 2012
|-
| 15
| 2013
| Garbh<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://epaper.saamana.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=3%2f7%2f2013 |title=Saamana – Marathi News Paper Dt 7 March 2013 |access-date=10 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224404/http://epaper.saamana.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=3%2f7%2f2013 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Hindi
| Awakening Human within Human
| 80 Mins
| Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai
| 1 March 2013
|-
| 16
| 2013
| Drop by Drop :Water<ref>[http://sofaglobal.org/index.php/en/programs/creative-caravan/etf-indija Global SOFA GLOBAL State OF Art -Ekvilib Institute – Creative caravan – The project is supported by the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Slovenia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233304/http://sofaglobal.org/index.php/en/programs/creative-caravan/etf-indija |date=2 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.indianewscalling.com/news/6616-well-known-playwright-manjul-bhardwaj-play-drop-by-drop-water-will-be-performed-in-europe-from-.aspx India News Calling Aug 17, 2013 – Chandigarh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203042840/http://www.indianewscalling.com/news/6616-well-known-playwright-manjul-bhardwaj-play-drop-by-drop-water-will-be-performed-in-europe-from-.aspx |date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>
| Hindi
| Celebrating water's life-sustaining virtue but strongly opposing its Privatization
| 70 Mins
| Kinder Kultur Karawane −2013, Hamburg, Germany
| 31 August 2013
|-
| 17
| 2015
| Anhad Naad-Unheard Sounds of Universe<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/mumbai-news/drama/articleshow/47464402.cms|title=प्रयोग वैचारिक चिंतनाचा!|date=29 May 2015|website=Maharashtra Times}}</ref>
| Hindi
| Liberation of Art & Artists from Birth
| 90 Mins
| Ravindra Natya Mandir – Dadar (W) Mumbai
| 29 May 2015
|-
| 18
| 2016
| Sangrash Shetkaryancha
| Marathi
| Plight of Farmers & Agricultural Crisis in India
| 60 Mins
| Sindhudurg, Maharashtra
| May 2016
|-
| 19
| 2017
| Nyay ke Bhanwar Main Bhanwari<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/theatre-of-relevance/article19508269.ece|title=Theatre of relevance|first=Diwan Singh|last=Bajeli|date=18 August 2017|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
| Hindi
| Women Liberation to Challenge the Authority of Patriarchy
| 70 Mins
| M L Bhartia Auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 3.
| 17 November 2017
|-
|}

==Awards/Nominations==

*UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards for Western Region for Gender Sensitivity 2006–07 – Category – 16. Theatre- Street Theatre Manjul Bhardwaj, Experimental Theatre Foundation<ref>{{cite web|last=First|first=Population|title=UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards for Western Region 2006–07 under Theatre- Street Theatre Category|url=http://www.populationfirst.org/jan08-01.html|publisher=Population First|access-date=9 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231002230/http://www.populationfirst.org/jan08-01.html|archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Theaters / Workshops Conducted==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Dates !! Location !! Name of the Theater / Workshop !! In Association with
|-
|4 June 2012 15 – June 2012
| Ashirwad Bhawan, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh
|'' Bal Rang Karyashala'' – "Aao Khele Natak"
|The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh
|}

==Corporate Trainer==
Bhardwaj is also a human process facilitator and corporate trainer. He has evolved "Theatre of Relevance" based training modules in corporate and management development. He is experimenting and implementing "Theatre of Relevance" based training modules for more than a decade in reputed public and private sector companies i.e., [[ONGC]], [[Indian Oil Corporation]], [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]], [[Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited]], Tehri Hydro Development Corporation([[THDC Ltd]]), [[Central Bank of India]] and [[Reliance Energy]] ([[Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group]])

His concept ‘Role of theatre of Relevance in HR’ is used as pedagogical tool to learn HR process in EMPI's Udai Pareek<ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.linkedin.com/in/niloy-gupta-b2327a78|title=Theatre of Relevance (Role of theatre in Management Education) Workshop by Mr. Manjul Bhardwaj}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrwNF1hVIBa6OYA5Qq7HAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByaW0wdmlxBGNvbG8Dc2czBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1518388450/RO=10/RU=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLUVQDM2Vug/RK=2/RS=PZwiloq1wDn_EgGRdIAzkHLR3og-|title=Dr. Udai Pareek share his views on Theater of Relevance}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> HR labs in EMPI Business School, Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrwNF1hVIBa6OYA5wq7HAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByYmpmZjA4BGNvbG8Dc2czBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1518388450/RO=10/RU=http://www.childlineindia.org.in/1098/Child-Sexual-Abuse-Worskshop-Profiles.htm/RK=2/RS=Pc6og.rQW26kJB4v8J.MfxpO0EI-|title=EMPI's Udai Pareek HR labs in EMPI Business School, Delhi}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has also intervened in understanding human processes through theatre in ISABS. He is a visiting faculty in a number of institutions, academies and organizations in India and abroad.

== References ==

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