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044.jpg Badal Sarkar in 2010 Born Sudhindra Sircar [1] July 15, 1925 Kolkata Died May 13, 2011 Kolkata Residence Manicktala, Kolkata Occupation playwright, theatre director Years active 1945 2011 Notable work(s) Ebong Indrajit (And Indrajit) (1963) Pagla Ghoda (Mad Horse) (1967) Awards 1966 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1972 Padma Shri 1997 Ratna Sadsya Badal Sircar (15 July 1925 13 May 2011), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an infl uential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establish ment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of t he proscenium and into public arena, when he founded his own theatre company, Sh atabdi in 1976. He wrote more than fifty plays of which Ebong Indrajit, Basi Kha bar, and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces, a pioneering figure in stree t theatre as well as in experimental and contemporary Bengali theatre with his e galitarian "Third Theatre", he prolifically wrote scripts for his Aanganmanch (c ourtyard stage) performances, and remains one of the most translated Indian play wrights.[2][3] Though his early comedies were popular, it was his angst-ridden E bong Indrajit (And Indrajit) that became a landmark play in Indian theatre.[4] T oday, his rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s is seen as the coming of age o f Modern Indian playwriting in Bengali, just as Vijay Tendulkar did it in Marath i, Mohan Rakesh in Hindi, and Girish Karnad in Kannada.[5] He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968 and t he Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship- Ratna Sadsya, the highest honour in the per forming arts by Govt. of India, in 1997.[6]