Kewal Dhaliwal (born 7 October 1964) is a Punjabi playwright, theater director and president of Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi Chandigarh. An alumnus of the

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a drama school situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an independent school ...

, Dhaliwal has been active in theater for more than forty-seven years.

Life

Kewal Dhaliwal was born in a village near Ajnala,

Amritsar district Amritsar district is one of the twenty three districts that make up the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. Located in the Majha region of Punjab, the city of Amritsar is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

in the family of Shiv Singh and Mohinder Kaur. In 1978, he joined the theatre group of Gursharan bhaji as an artist and worked there for ten years. In 1988, Kewal Dhaliwal joined the

. Then he came to Amritsar and founded Punjabi Theatre Group Manch Rangmanch.

Plays

Play collections

* ''Mavan'' * ''Aje Taan Supne Sulghde'' * ''Dhukhda Roh'' * ''Jajbian De Aar Paar''

Plays for children

* ''Shahir Saleti'' * ''Rajya Raj Krendya''

Play

* ''Itihas De Safe Te'' * ''Sarkar e Khalsa'' * ''Mera Rang De Basanti Chola''

Edited play

* ''Das Baal Natak'' * ''Das Nukad Natak'' * ''It Marg Pair Dreejai'' * ''Purja Purja Kat Mare'' * ''Bal Hua Bandhan Chhoote''

Articles on theater

* Rangkarmi Di Teesri Akhkh

Productions

* Nora (Navnindra Behl) * Ma (

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) * Medni (Swaraj Bir) *

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(Swaraj Bir ) *

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(S N Sewak) * Kaidon ( Shahiryar ) * Kort Marshal ( Savdesh Deepak ) * Tasveeran (Swaraj Bir ) * Pul-sirat (Swaraj Bir )

References

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