[Reader-list] A living legend of Indian Theater died today, or...

[anupam chakravartty]

i still remember watching charandas chor in the big screen, then discovering
this whole new world of folk and contemporary plays by habib sahab. and then
how with his art, he brought the tragedy of bhopal to the world. -anupam

On 6/8/09, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Look who died today. They say his name is Habib Tanvir.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib_Tanvir
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> Ah, I have seen him: a charming personality, his smoking pipe, his
> sound, and his gentle probing set of eyes .
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> It is a great feeling that i have seen this man called Habib Tanvir,
> attended his few lectures.
> It is great feeling in me that i have seen his few productions
> including Agra Bazar.
>
> He was certainly a legend during his life time, and it is not
> surprising that lot of press is full of obituaries.
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> But has he died today? He ceased when he ceased to direct his plays,
> or in his mind the act was still going on ?
> In Art the death is just another event, and In life, the theater is
> just another mask. Is it ?
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> How to celebrate Habib Tanvir,
> or the concept of Theater, both folk and contemporary in the present?
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> what is that that which separates Life from Theater?
> and how much of theater is woven in the living of each one of us?
> How much artificiality is embedded in theater, and how to measure the
> distance between theater and reality,
> and what about the distance between the audience and the player on the
> stage ?
>
> i see his death an opportunity to read different different reflections
> on the subject: Habir Tanvir his theater,
> and that theater and that life which moves with times
> hand in hand.
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> with love
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