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{{short description|1993 Gujarati play}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox play
| name = Uncho Parvat, Undi Khin
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| writer = [[Dhirubhai Thaker]]
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| characters =
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| setting = 19th-century [[Bombay]] and [[Gujarat]]
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| orig_lang = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| subject = [[Manilal Dwivedi]]
| genre = Biographical play
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}}

'''Uncho Parvat, Undi Khin''' is a biographical play by [[Dhirubhai Thaker]] based on life of [[Manilal Dwivedi]]. It was published in 1993.<ref name="Desai2001">{{Cite book |last=Desai |first=S.D. |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53840078 |title=More Happenings: Gujarati Theatre Today (1990 – 1999) |date=December 2002 |publisher=Gujarat Sahitya Academy |isbn=81-7227-113-1 |location=Gandhinagar |page=69}}</ref>

== Origin ==
Thaker writes in preface, "I was well versed in facts of Manilal's public and private life, his thoughts and ideals. But while writing the play, I experienced that it is very difficult to convert all these things in a hearty play by capturing theatrical moments. It was published in 1993.<ref name="Desai2001" /><ref name="ss">{{cite book|title=સવ્યસાચી સારસ્વત (Life and Works of Shri Dhirubhai Thaker)|authors=[[Bholabhai Patel]]; [[Madhusudan Parekh]]; [[Chandrakant Sheth]]; [[Kumarpal Desai]]; [[Pravin Darji]], ed|date=June 2007|location=Ahmedabad|publisher=Dhirubhai Thaker Abhivadan Samiti|pages=238-250|language=gu}}</ref>

The play was staged under direction of [[Janak Dave]] who had made some changes for stage production.<ref name="Desai2001"/>

== Content ==
The play is based on life of Manilal Dwivedi and features narration. The playwright has also used the works including poems and [[ghazal]]<nowiki/>s by Manilal in the play.<ref name="Desai2001"/>

== Reception ==
The play was chosen for the prize among 11 plays nominated for the play prize by Batubhai Umarvadiya Trust.<ref name="Desai2001"/> Critic Vinod Ardhvaryu writes, "As Dhirubhai has researched Manilal Dwivedi's literature very deeply, the play is accurate and true in its details".<ref name="ss"/> On 28 July 1992, theatre critic S. D. Desai wrote in ''[[The Times of India]]'' that the play lacks the central conflict, dialogues are verbose while the plot is 'episodic'. [[Hasmukh Baradi]] praised the play and wrote, "Uncho Parvat, Undi Khin is the special native play of Gujarati dramaturgy which follows our native theatrical systems as well as present these traditions in a modernised way".<ref name="Desai2001"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi}}
[[Category:Manilal Dwivedi]]
[[Category:1993 plays]]
[[Category:Biographical plays about writers]]
[[Category:Biographical plays about philosophers]]
[[Category:Gujarati-language plays]]
[[Category:Plays set in the 19th century]]
[[Category:Plays set in India]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Indian men]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of poets]]

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