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, Nagmandal by

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, Andhay Yug by Dharamvir Bharti. He has also written eight full-length plays, out of them six have been staged successfully. His play Hum to aise hi hain has been staged more than 108 times in

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and in

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. In year 2016 he conceptualized and implemented Haryana's Biggest Theatre Festival Rang Aangan National Puppet & Theatre Festival. The festival was of 21 days from 1–21 December 2016. He is also a visiting faculty at HCRFTA, Madhya Pradesh Natya Vidalya,

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. He is also a recipient of Ustad Bismillah Khan award by Sangeet Natak Academy. His play Patloon was specially invited in 8th Theatre Olympics. He is the first director of India who directed a play on

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Dev Ji in Kissagoi form titled as Satnam waheguru. He is the man who started Theatre on Bikes in association with Jindal stainless limited which happened first time in the history of Indian Theatre.

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Patloon a treat for theatre buffs , Bhopal News , ''The Times of India''A Dramatic Change – ''Indian Express''

मनीष जोशी बिस्मिल के नाटक ‘हम तो ऐसे ही हैं’ का शतक जल्द
* http://www.dainiknavajyoti.com/hindi/news_details.php?newsid=107390

Heroes of Hisar’s theatre on bikes work for girl child , Chandigarh News , ''The Times of India''

Indian theatre directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Shimla {{theat-director-stub

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