Rajina raj bisaria biography of mahatma

Indian director, actor, producer and educationist (–)

Raj Bisaria (10 November – 16 February ) was an Indian director, producer, actor and educationalist, described by the Press Trust of India as "the father of the modern theatre in North India".^[2][3] He founded Theatre Arts Workshop in , and Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts in and the repertory company of Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts in He blended artistic concepts of the East and the West, and the traditional and the modern.^[4]

Background

Raj Bisaria was born in Lakhimpur Kheri, United Provinces of British India (now in Uttar Pradesh), on 10 November , the son of the late P.L.

Bisaria and Leelavati Singh. He was educated at Colvin Taluqdars' College and Lucknow University, Lucknow, and retired as a senior professor of English Literature from Lucknow University. In , Bisaria married the Kiran Kuchawan; the couple have a daughter, Rajina.^[1]

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