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{{Infobox person
| name = Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar
| image = File:Mrityunjay Prabhakar.jpg
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| caption = Theatre director, playwright and poet
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|09|14}}
| birth_place = [[Nalanda]], India
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| other_names = Mrityunjay Prabhakar
| known_for = Theatre Activism
| occupation = Playwright, theatre director, [[theatre critic]], poet
}}

'''Mrityunjay Kumar Prabhakar''' (born 14 September 1979) is an Indian [[playwright]], [[theatre director]], [[Theatre criticism|theatre critic]], [[poet]], Assistant Professor of Drama and Theatre Art at [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]], [[West Bengal]] and the recipient of [[Bihar Kala Samman]] by the government of Bihar in 2012.

== Early life and education ==

Born in a lower-middle class family from a village in [[Nalanda]], [[Bihar]], he attended [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]] where he completed his doctorate in [https://www.jnu.ac.in/mphil_Theatre_and_performance_studies Theatre and Performance Studies] at [https://www.jnu.ac.in/saa School of Arts & Aesthetics].

==Career==

Mrityunjay's theatre career began in [[Patna]] while he was studying for his graduation. There he worked with several theatre groups like Prerna, Manch Art group, and Prangan in [[Patna]]. Later, he co-founded the group Abhiyan along with some like-minded friends. His love for theatre continued even after he shifted to [[New Delhi]] for his higher studies. Here he worked with famous groups like Rang Saptak, Bahroop and Dastak. Later he founded his own group named SEHAR in 2005 and continued to work rigorously. He received his training in dramaturgy from the leading figures of Indian Drama and Theatre through various workshops conducted by [[Habib Tanvir]], [[B. V. Karanth]], Prasanna, [[Ratan Thiyam]], D. R. Ankur. He has worked with directors like D.R. Ankur, Lokendra Arambam, [[H. S. Shivaprakash]], Surendra Sharma, Parvez Akhtar, Vijay Kumar, Javed Akhtar Khan, Suman Kumar and others. He has also worked as an actor, director, [[set designer]], light designer and organiser for numerous theatre productions.

He is the founder-director of a theatre troupe, SEHAR (Society of Education, Harmony, Art, Culture and Media Reproduction) (registered under the Society Act) in 2007. He has directed more than two dozen plays among them ''Sabse Udas Kavita'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |title=Swadesh Deepak's 'Sabse Udaas Kavita' staged at the Yuva Natya Samaroh |website=teamworkmedia.co.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124441/http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |archive-date=2014-04-24}}</ref> [[File:Sabse udas kavita.jpg|thumb|A scene of the play ''Sabse Udas Kavita'']]''Khwahishen'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/3322757|title=Some writings pertaining to contemporary Theater in India|last1=Pathak|first1=Dev}}</ref> ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.4to40.com/music/index.asp?p=Jee_Humen_To_Natak_Karna_Hai&k=IHC |title=Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai: IHC Theater Show, IHC Comedy Event, Mrityunjay Prabhakar Director, Sehar Society for Education, C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, IHC, Habitat World, Institutional Area, Foyer, Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Road |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424100546/http://www.4to40.com/music/index.asp?p=Jee_Humen_To_Natak_Karna_Hai&k=IHC |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Dhruvswamini'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Drama : Re-discovering Dhruvaswamini |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105092241/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm |archive-date=5 November 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Vithalala'' and ''Suicide''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |title=Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India {{!}} i4d |website=i4d.eletsonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424095606/http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |archive-date=2014-04-24}}</ref> have got special attention from the larger section of the society. He has also written plays like ''Aao Natak Natak Khelen'', ''Khwahishen'', ''Jee Humen to Natak Karna Hai'', ''Suicide'', ''Hey Ram'', ''Teri Meri Kahani Hai'', ''Karnav'' and others, which have been performed by groups and directors in various theatre centres of the country. He has adapted famous Keniyan playwright [[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o]]'s play ''The Black Hermit'' as ''Jayen to Jayen Kahan''. The adaptation was first performed by [[National School of Drama|NSD]] ([[National School of Drama]]) graduate Randhir Kumar in 2005 in Patna. Later he reproduced the play in 2010 with SEHAR in Delhi. He has adopted [[H. S. Shivaprakash]]'s famous Kannada play ''Mochi Madaiah'' in Hindi which was directed by Lokendra Arambam and published by Yash Publication, Delhi. An anthology on contemporary Indian theatre titled ''Samkaleen Rangkarm'' is also credited to him. His Hindi poetry collection ''Jo Mere Bheetar Hain'' was published by [[Sahitya Akademi]], the Indian national academy of letters.

Presently, he is an assistant professor of drama and theatre arts in [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]] and manages his troupe SEHAR. He has also taught performing arts, communication and Indian aesthetics at [[IIT Mandi]], [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication|IIMC]], [[New Delhi]], [[NCERT]], [[New Delhi]] and [[College of Art, Delhi]].

==Awards and recognition==

He has been awarded [[Bihar Kala Samman]] by the Bihar government on the occasion of completion of hundred years of Bihar for his writings in the field of performing arts in 2012. He was awarded the Yuva Shabdsadhak Samman by the Hindi magazine ''Pakhi''.

==Works==

===Plays===
'Sadho Dekho Jag Baudana',
'Aao Natak Natak Khelen',
'Khwahishen',
'Jee Humen To Natak Karna Hai',
'Suicide',
'Hey Ram',
'Teri Meri Kahani Hai',
'Karnav',
'Jayen To Jayen Kahan',
'Mochi Madaiah',

===Books===
'Samkaleen Rangkarm',
'Jo Mere Bheetar Hain',
'Sadho Dekho Jag Baudana',
'Jayen To Jayen Kahan',
'Mochi Madaiah',
'Colonial/Postcolonial Bihar and Jharkhand'.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-9380607924|title=Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand |last1=Singh |first1=Lata |last2=Pati |first2=Biswamoy |year=2014 }}</ref>

===Poetry collection===
'Jo Mere Bheetar Hain'

==See also==
*[[Hindi theatre]]
*[[Theatre of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* http://www.tehelka.com/dancing-queens/
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091105092241/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/30/stories/2009103050500200.htm]
* http://www.thesundayindian.com/article_print.php?article_id=2422
* http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/showEE.asp?newsid=28965
* https://www.academia.edu/3322757/Some_writings_pertaining_to_contemporary_Theater_in_India
* http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424095606/http://i4d.eletsonline.com/mann-deshi-mahila-sahakari-bank-india/ |date=24 April 2014 }}
* http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124441/http://teamworkmedia.co.in/news/swadesh-deepaks-sabse-udaas-kavita-staged-at-the-yuva-natya-samaroh/ |date=24 April 2014 }}
* http://allevents.in/new+delhi/sabse-udas-kavita/1523328831225008
* http://zatse.in/numbers/find/August-Play-Event-(19th-August-7%3A30pm-Mrityunjay-Prabhakar%5BDirector%5D)-Lodhi-Road-New-Delhi/46
* http://www.pravasiduniya.com/tag/hindi-poems-by-mritunjay-prabhakar
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130424000957/http://www.mytheatrecafe.com/rang-bayar-in-a-university-campus-of-obsessive-political-correctness/ Article title]}}
* http://allevents.in/new+delhi/sabse-udas-kavita/1523328831225008
* http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Mrityunjay-Prabhakar-SABSE-UDAS-KAVITA
* http://newssuperfast.com/2014/02/10/mahabhoj-throws-open-yuva-natya-samaroh-with-remarkable-performance-by-young-theater-artists/

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