- Bansi Kaul
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name = Bansi Kaul
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location =Srinagar .Jammu & Kashmir
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awards = 1995Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Bansi Kaul (born 1949) is a well-known
Hindi theatre director and the founder of Rang Vidushak, a theatre group and Theatre institute in Bhopal [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/01/24/stories/2006012400750100.htm The Hindu, Jan 24, 2006] ] .Biography
Bansi Kaul was born August 23, 1949 in
Srinagar ,Jammu and Kashmir [ [http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1289 Bansi Kaul at culturebase] ] , and later graduated fromNational School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1973.He started his career as a director with NSD Repertory Company [ [http://www.nsd.gov.in/Annual_Report_2005-06.pdf NSD Annual Report] ] and was also in the faculty of the school for many years, before forming his own theatre group in 1984.
He was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award award in 1995.His most known performance is 'Kehan Kabir', based on collected works of poet-saint
Kabir [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040414/cth1.htm#7 The Tribune, April 14, 2004] ]Rang Vidhushak
In 1984, he founded "Rang Vidushak", a theatre group that has incorporated folk idioms into its production and evolved a new idiom of clown-theatre.
It has performed in India and elsewhere in several languages such as Hindi, Punjabi,
Sanskrit , Tamil and Singhalese [ [http://www.culturebase.net/artist.php?1288 Rang Vidushak at Culturebase] ] .References
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