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| caption = Habib Tanvir at [[Prithvi Theatre]], [[Mumbai]]; November 2005 | | caption = Habib Tanvir at [[Prithvi Theatre]], [[Mumbai]]; November 2005 | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|9|1}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|9|1}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Raipur]], [[Central Provinces]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Raipur]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|6|8|1923|9|1}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|6|8|1923|9|1}} | ||
| death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]] | ||
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For him, true "theatre of the people" existed in the villages, which he strived to bring to the urban "educated", employing both folk performers as actors alongside urban actors.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA115&dq=Habib+Tanvir&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA115,M1 Habib Tanvir] ''Theatres of independence: drama, theory, and urban performance in India since 1947'', by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker. University of Iowa Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-87745-961-4}}. ''Page 115''.</ref> He died on 8 June 2009 at Bhopal after a three-week-long illness.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090615001838/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jginEzajhga&title=Noted_playwright_Habib_Tanvir_passes_away&?vsv=smm/ Noted playwright Habib Tanvir passes away at 85] [[Sify.com]], 8 June 2009.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8088751.stm Indian playwright Tanvir is dead] [[BBC News]], 9 June 2009.</ref> Upon his death, he was the last of pioneering actor-managers in [[Indian theatre]], which included [[Sisir Bhaduri]], [[Utpal Dutt]] and [[Prithviraj Kapoor]],<ref>[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=hub200609a_farewell.asp A Farewell To The Bard Of Bhopal] [[Tehelka]], Vol 6, Issue 24, Dated 20 June 2009.</ref> and often he managed plays with a mammoth cast, such as ''Charandas Chor'', which included an orchestra of 72 people on stage and ''Agra Bazaar'', with 52 people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070522075908/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/05/05/stories/2007050501740100.htm Doyen holds forth] [[The Hindu]], 5 May 2007.</ref> | For him, true "theatre of the people" existed in the villages, which he strived to bring to the urban "educated", employing both folk performers as actors alongside urban actors.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA115&dq=Habib+Tanvir&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA115,M1 Habib Tanvir] ''Theatres of independence: drama, theory, and urban performance in India since 1947'', by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker. University of Iowa Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-87745-961-4}}. ''Page 115''.</ref> He died on 8 June 2009 at Bhopal after a three-week-long illness.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090615001838/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jginEzajhga&title=Noted_playwright_Habib_Tanvir_passes_away&?vsv=smm/ Noted playwright Habib Tanvir passes away at 85] [[Sify.com]], 8 June 2009.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8088751.stm Indian playwright Tanvir is dead] [[BBC News]], 9 June 2009.</ref> Upon his death, he was the last of pioneering actor-managers in [[Indian theatre]], which included [[Sisir Bhaduri]], [[Utpal Dutt]] and [[Prithviraj Kapoor]],<ref>[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=hub200609a_farewell.asp A Farewell To The Bard Of Bhopal] [[Tehelka]], Vol 6, Issue 24, Dated 20 June 2009.</ref> and often he managed plays with a mammoth cast, such as ''Charandas Chor'', which included an orchestra of 72 people on stage and ''Agra Bazaar'', with 52 people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070522075908/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/05/05/stories/2007050501740100.htm Doyen holds forth] [[The Hindu]], 5 May 2007.</ref> | ||
During his lifetime he won several national and international awards, including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1969, [[Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1979, [[Padma Shri]]<ref name=":0" /> in 1983, [[Kalidas Samman]] 1990, [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1996, and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Apart from that he had also been nominated to become a member of the Upper House of Indian Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] (1972–1978). His play ''[[Charandas Chor]]'' (Charandas, The Thief) won him the [[Edinburgh Fringe|Fringe Firsts Award]] at Edinburgh International Drama Festival in 1982,<ref>[http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/naya_theatre.asp Naya Theatre and Habib Tanvir]</ref> and in 2007, it was included in the [[Hindustan Times]]' list of 'India's 60 Best works since Independence which said : "an innovative dramaturgy equally impelled by Brecht and folk idioms, Habib Tanvir seduces across language barriers in this his all-time biggest hit about a Robin Hood-style thief."<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mobile/Pages/StoryPage.aspx?ID=79c80f94-30eb-440b-bbea-04abbf526509&BC=Business-Corporate India's 60 best since Independence.]{{dead link|date= | During his lifetime he won several national and international awards, including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1969, [[Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship]] in 1979, [[Padma Shri]]<ref name=":0" /> in 1983, [[Kalidas Samman]] 1990, [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1996, and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Apart from that he had also been nominated to become a member of the Upper House of Indian Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] (1972–1978). His play ''[[Charandas Chor]]'' (Charandas, The Thief) won him the [[Edinburgh Fringe|Fringe Firsts Award]] at Edinburgh International Drama Festival in 1982,<ref>[http://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/features/naya_theatre.asp Naya Theatre and Habib Tanvir]</ref> and in 2007, it was included in the [[Hindustan Times]]' list of 'India's 60 Best works since Independence which said : "an innovative dramaturgy equally impelled by Brecht and folk idioms, Habib Tanvir seduces across language barriers in this his all-time biggest hit about a Robin Hood-style thief."<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mobile/Pages/StoryPage.aspx?ID=79c80f94-30eb-440b-bbea-04abbf526509&BC=Business-Corporate India's 60 best since Independence.]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 14 August 2007.</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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# [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)|Padma Bhushan]](2002), | # [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)|Padma Bhushan]](2002), | ||
among other national and international awards during his lifetime.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawk|first=Indian|title=Habib tanvir-mpositive.com|url=https://www.mpositive.in/tag/habib-tanvir-padma-shri-1983/ | among other national and international awards during his lifetime.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawk|first=Indian|title=Habib tanvir-mpositive.com|url=https://www.mpositive.in/tag/habib-tanvir-padma-shri-1983/}}</ref> | ||
==Plays== | ==Plays== | ||