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Jun 26, 2012, 6:29:41 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Vijaya Mehta

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+'''Vijaya Mehta (b. 1934)'''
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+Actress and director born in Baroda, Gujarat.
+Graduated from Bombay University; studied
+theatre with E. Alkazi in Delhi and with Adi
+Marzban. Was Durga Khote’s daughter-in-law,
+then widowed at 27 and re-married Farrokh
+Mehta who was active on the English amateur
+stage. Became a major figure in 60s Marathi
+experimental theatre. Founder member of
+Rangayan (Est: 1960) with playwright Vijay
+Tendulkar, Arvind Deshpande and Shreeram
+Lagoo. Stage production of C.T. Khanolkar’s Ek
+Shoonya Bajirao (1966) is a landmark in
+contemporary Indian theatre. Claims to have
+introduced Brecht into Marathi theatre with
+adaptation of Caucasian Chalk Circle (Ajab
+Nyay Vartulacha), and Ionesco with Chairs
+(1962). Helped launch the 70s Chhabildas
+theatre movement with her Mahesh
+Elkunchwar plays Sultan, Yatanaghar and Holi
+(all 1970). Collaborated on Indo-German
+theatre projects with German director Fritz
+Bennewitz including a traditional performance
+of Bhasa’s Mudrarakshasa with German actors.
+Except Pestonjee, most of her work consists of
+film and TV adaptations of her stage plays:
+Haveli Bulund Thi adapted Mahesh
+Elkunchwar’s play Wada Chirebandi, and Rao
+Saheb is from Jaywant Dalvi’s play Barrister
+(1977).
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+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also d): 1980: Kalyug;
+1983: Smritichitre* (TV); 1984: Party; 1986:
+Rao Saheb*; Shakuntala* (TV); 1987:
+Pestonjee (d only); Sher Shivaji; Hamidabai
+Ki Kothi* (TV); Haveli Bulund Thi* (TV);
+1990: Lifeline (TV).
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+[[Actor]]
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+[[Director]]