Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 16: Sangeet Natak Akademi’s scholarship holder, diligent theatre artist Neeraj Kunder from Madhya Pradesh featured today in Natrang’s National Theatre Talk Show, ‘Young Voices of Theatre’ where he shared his inspirational views with the global audience at the Facebook page of Natrang Jammu.
Born in Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh) Neeraj Kunder learnt the nuances of Sanskrit and folk plays from Kavalam Narayana Panikkar under a scholarship scheme of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. He has been instrumental in the creation of hundreds of Lok Kala Grams (folk art villages) in and around Sidhi and resurrected the dying folk arts of the region through documentation and re-experimentation. He has acted in the plays. In 2013, he was honoured with Pyare Mohan Sahay Memorial Award for theatre direction. Presently he is working on writing, direction and documentation and re-experimentation with the Folk Art forms of the region.
In an enriching conversation with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee actor and Natrang’s senior artist Anil Tickoo, Neeraj narrated his journey of theatre. Tickoo informed that apart from being a theatre artist/activist who is devoted to the cause of preservation of folk arts, Neeraj is acting as a healthy bridge between the folk artists and the Government machinery. He said with sheer passion, Neeraj could organize 111-day international theatre festival in 2017 in a town with inaccessible geography like Sidhi which is struggling for basic amenities.
Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Awardee, actor, director, designer and academician Namrata Sharma would be featured in this talk show on 17th of June, 2021.
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