Habib Tanwir

I remember reading his play "Charandas Chor" in college library, though I never got a chance to see enactment of his plays , as surprisingly in our college people will play dramas written by Shakespeare to modern Indian communist authors but no one bothered to look at him or his work, may be because he was so unglamorous or chose to work with tribal artists rather than cigarette smoking , jholwala type self proclaimed theater artists.

Accounts by various tribal artists of him makes one wonder at the tenacity of man and his unflinching faith in his chosen medium and style. Apart from teejanbai of Pandwani fame he can be considered biggest brand ambassador of chhattisgarh.


Last time I saw him in quite underrated movie by Subhash Ghai titled "Black & White" his role as elderly poet and his fine rendering of couplets made movie a visual treat

RIP