India@75 1973: Janam is formedTEAM FRONTLINESafdar Hashmi’s killing drew nationwide attention to Janam and its protest theatre.
India@75 1973: Janam is formedTEAM FRONTLINESafdar Hashmi’s killing drew nationwide attention to Janam and its protest theatre.
India@75 India at 75 | Timeline: ArtAnupama KatakamIt overcame a colonial hangover to create a unique and vibrant place for itself.
India@75 India at 75 | Timeline: CinemaRamesh ChakrapaniIndian cinema never wavered from its role as cultural unifier.
Interview ‘The thrill of illusion is a trap’: Jill BusbyJinoy Jose PHer book ‘Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity’ has already triggered a debate.
India@75 1960: FTII set up in PuneTEAM FRONTLINEIt played a significant role in shaping Indian cinema as we know it.
India@75 1967: Vijay Tendulkar breaks new ground with ‘Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe’TEAM FRONTLINEIt is a play within a play centred around exposing chauvinism and societal hypocrisy.
India@75 1964: Girish Karnad writes satire on Nehruvian era ‘Tuglaq’ TEAM FRONTLINEThe politics of the 1960s is told through the story of the 14th century Sultan.
India@75 1963: ‘Evam Indrajit’ by Badal Sircar stagedTEAM FRONTLINEIt foreshadowed the angst of the Naxalite movement and created a stir.
India@75 1962: Ebrahim Alkazi helms National School of DramaTEAM FRONTLINEAs NSD’s first director, he would cast the mould for modern Indian theatre.
India@75 1959: Habib Tanvir establishes Naya Theatre TEAM FRONTLINETanvir ruptured conventional theatre and ushered in a new era in public culture.
India@75 1953: ‘Andha Yug’ by Dharamvir Bharati, and Theatre of RootsTEAM FRONTLINEThe story of the Kurukshetra war echoes the horrors of Partition in the play.
India@75 1954: The three Akademis establishedTEAM FRONTLINEAwards given by each academy continue to be top honours for an artist in India.
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
