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{{short description|Indian theatre director and academician}}
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| birth_place = Daradwadi, [[Beed]] district, [[Maharashtra]]
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| nationality = [[India| Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[National School of Drama| National School of Drama, Delhi]]
| occupation = Theatre Director & Academicain
| years_active = 1970 - present
| known_for = Director of [[National School of Drama| NSD, Delhi]]
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'''Waman Kendre''' is an [[India]]n theatre director and [[academician]]. He has previously served as the Director of [[National School of Drama]], (NSD) New Delhi from August 2013 to September 2018. He is married to Actress Gauri Kendre and also has a son<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hindustan Times|title=Waman Kendre, the new director of the National School of Drama, on keeping his creative fires burning|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/waman-kendre-the-new-director-of-the-national-school-of-drama-on-keeping-his-creative-fires-burning/story-ortcoPkU06wHI6h2NfjoVI.html|website=www.hindustantimes.com|access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref>

==Early years==

He is the son of a farmer from Daradwadi village in [[Beed]] district of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].

After his school and college, he completed a one-year proficiency certification course in [[Dramatics]] from [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University]], [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] and then was selected for a three-year course in the [[National School of Drama|NSD]].<ref name=ie>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/if-you-create-one-play-it-is-equivalent-to-a-thousand-speeches/|title=‘If you create one play, it is equivalent to a thousand speeches’|date=8 September 2013|access-date=25 July 2015|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==Career==

At [[National School of Drama|NSD]], he earned a fellowship to research on ritualistic and folk theatre of [[Kerala]]. He remained active in theatre activities in [[Mumbai]] for many years. He is credited with playing a leading role in the [[Dalit]] theatre movement in late 1970s [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/waman-kendre-is-new-nsd-director/article4977631.ece|title=Waman Kendre is new NSD director|date=1 August 2013|access-date=25 July 2015|publisher=The Hindu Businessline}}</ref>

Kendre had a thirty-year teaching experience. He conducted more than two hundred and fifty workshops on varying aspects of theatre, in India and abroad. He was a Research Associate with the Theatre Development Centre, [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|National Centre for the Performing Arts]], Mumbai, for more than nine years. He was actively involved in administrative and organizational running of NCPA, [[University of Mumbai]], and Rangpeeth, Mumbai.

He held positions in advisory committees and governing councils including Vision Plan Committee of [[National School of Drama|NSD]], Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha of the government of Maharashatra), Advisory Committee of the Department of Drama in [[Rajasthan University]], [[Jaipur]], Governing Council and Executive Committee of West Zonal Cultural Centre, [[Udaipur]], Academic Council of [[University of Mumbai]], Vision Plan Committee of [[Government of Goa]], Advisory Committee for [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] and Society of Governing Council of [[Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute]].<ref name=nsd>{{cite web|url=http://nsd.gov.in/delhi/index.php/the-director/|publisher=National School of Drama|title=The Director|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

He adapted Sanskrit playwright [[Bhāsa]]'s ''[[Madhyamavyayoga|Madhyama Vyāyoga]]'' in three different languages: ''O My Love'' in [[English language|English]], ''Mohe Piya'' in [[Hindi]] and ''Piya Bawari'' in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/interviews/30-waman-kendre-interview.asp |title=Interview with Waman Kendre|access-date=25 July 2015|publisher=Mumbai Theatre Guide}}</ref>

Other notable productions include ''Zulwa'', ''Jannemann'', ''Tempt Me Not'', ''Nati Goti'', ''Gadhe Ki Baraat'', ''Ladi Nazariya'', ''Ranangan'', ''Dusra Samana'', ''Saiyyan Bhaye Kotwal'', ''Ghazab Teri Ada'', ''Laagi Lagan'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=The Hindu|title=An apt social comment|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/an-apt-social-comment/article17864456.ece|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> ''Char Divas Premache'' and ''Rajdarshan''.<ref name=ie/>

==Recognition ==
He has been repeatedly honoured for his contribution to theatre including a National Award conferred by the [[President of India]] for Theatre Direction in a recognition by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 2012.
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In 2019, he received the [[Padma Shri]] award, the fourth highest civilian award in India.

==See also==
* [[Theatre in India]]

==References==
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