Kewal Dhaliwal (born 7 October 1964) is a Punjabi playwright, theatre director and president of Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi Chandigarh. An alumnus of the National School of Drama, Dhaliwal has been active in theater for more than forty-seven years.
Life Kewal Dhaliwal was born in a village near Ajnala, Amritsar district, Punjab in the family of Shiv Singh and Mohinder Kaur. In 1978, he joined the theatre group of Gursharan Bhaji as an artist and worked there for ten years. In 1988, Dhaliwal joined the National School of Drama. Then he came to Amritsar and set up Punjabi Theatre Group Manch Rangmanch.
Plays
Plays produced and directed by Kewal Dhaliwal +No.Name of PlayWriter1.Heer Waris ShahWaris Shah2.TuglaqGirish Karnad3.White NightsDostovaski/ Davinder Daman4.Andha YugDharamveer Bharti5.Ashad Ka Ek DinMohan Rakesh6.Mrichchhakatika Shudrak7.Ghasiram KotwalVijay Tendulkar8.Saiyan Bhaye KotwalVasant Sabnis9.The House of Barnada AlbaFederico García Lorca10.Blood WeddingFederico García Lorca11.Chakarviyu Rattan Thiyam12.The Caucasian Chalk Circle Bartolt Brecht
One of his plays is about the sixteenth-century Punjabi folk hero Dullah Bhatti; the play was described in The Tribune as "about the collective tragedy of a community ... present[ing] a sharp commentary on social injustices, administrative oppression and a systemic failure for the weak and the vulnerable".
Play collections Mavan Aje Taan Supne Sulghde Dhukhda Roh Jajbian De Aar Paar
Plays for children Shahir Saleti Rajya Raj Krendya
Plays Itihas De Safe Te Sarkar e Khalsa Mera Rang De Basanti Chola
Edited plays Das Baal Natak Das Nukad Natak It Marg Pair Dreejai Purja Purja Kat Mare Bal Hua Bandhan Chhoote
Articles on theatre Rangkarmi Di Teesri Akhkh
Productions Nora (Navnindra Behl) Ma (Maxim Gorki) Medni (Swaraj Bir) Shayari (Swaraj Bir) Kabir (S N Sewak) Kaidon (Shahiryar) Kort Marshal (Savdesh Deepak) Tasveeran (Swaraj Bir) Pul-sirat (Swaraj Bir)
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