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The different facets of dancing in "Dance Like a Man" by Mahesh Dattani

Author: Ankur Konar

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 3668648565

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject English - Literature, Works, University of Burdwan, language: English, abstract: Dattani’s drama "Dance Like a Man", first staged in 1989, dramatizes "dance" with its many implicit implications – dance as profession, dance as pain, dance as suffering, dance as shelter, dance as ego-formation, dance as rhythm of life, dance as passion, dance as mission, dance as vision and finally, dance as strong maker of gender identity; in addition, it is a reflector of the cultural location of India, more precisely, culturally rich Indianness. The play can be read as a configuration of the characteristic grip of human identity that strongly interfaces the elements of identical autonomy and autonomous identity.

Dance Like a Man

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780143062080

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Jairaj Parekh and his wife Ratna, ageing Bharatanatyam dancers, are engaged in finding a substitute mridangam player to accompany their daughter Lata at her performance at a high-profile dance festival. Lata, in the meantime, nervously awaits the meeting between her parents and Viswas, the young man she wishes to marry. When the four meet, and in the conversations and discussions that follow, the fissures in the relationship between Jairaj and Ratna begin to explode into high-strung battles which lead back to their own youth and the tragedy that lies at the heart of their discord. The younger couple have their own issues to contend with: the obvious mismatch between the two sets of parents, the arguments over Lata's career as a dancer after marriage and, most unsettling of all, Lata's attempt to balance her parents' ambition with her own needs and desires. A brilliant study of human relationships and weaknesses framed by the age-old battle between tradition and youthful rebellion, Dance Like a Man has been hailed as one of the best works of the dramatic imagination in recent times.

Tara

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9788175300033

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Dance like a Man

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9351182258

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‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri A screen adaptation of Mahesh Dattani's play of the same name, Dance Like a Man revolves around the strained relationship between Jairaj Parekh and his wife Ratna, both ageing Bharatanatayam dancers who are forced to confront long-buried conflicts from their past when their daughter persuades them to meet the boy she wishes to marry. The film, directed by Pamela Rooks, won the National Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2004. ‘At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identity’—Alyque Padamsee ‘Powerful and disturbing’—The New York Times

Collected Plays

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2000-10-14

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9351181537

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Mahesh Dattani is the first Indian-playwright writing in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. His plays bring Indian drama into the present day in their themes "sexuality, religious tension and gender issues" while still focussing on human relationships and personal and moral choices which are the classic concerns of world drama.

Bravely Fought the Queen

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781904718031

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Ancient Promises

Author: Jaishree Misra

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780140293593

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Young And Vulnerable, Janu Gave Up Arjun, Her First Love, To Enter Into An Arranged Marriage. Years Later, She Is Miserable, Having Been Gradually Shut Out By The Coldness Of Her Husband S Family And His Indifference To Her And Her Daughter S Needs. Finally She Flees To England To Escape The Loveless Union-But At What Price To Herself And Those She Loves? The Moving Story Of One Woman S Painful Journey Of Self-Discovery, Ancient Promises Is About A Marriage, A Divorce, And Motherhood. It Is About Why We Love And Lose, Sometimes Seeming To Have Little Control Over Our Destinies.

Me and My Plays

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9351185990

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Mahesh Dattani’s work has shaped contemporary English theatre in India over the past twenty-five years, boldly exploring themes like homosexuality, religious fanaticism, child sexual abuse and gender bias while also raising the bar for theatrical innovation. In Me and My Plays, he eloquently reflects on the highs and lows of surviving in a system largely indifferent to professional theatre. Included in this edition are Where Did I Leave My Purdah?, which explores the life and travails of Nazia, a feisty actress now in her eighties, who is forced to confront her past demons when she attempts to stage a comeback, and The Big Fat City, a black comedy about the residents of an apartment complex in Mumbai who unwittingly become accomplices to a murder. Intense and hard-hitting, both plays deal with the lies that simmer beneath the surface of our daily lives.

On a Muggy night in Mumbai

Author: Mahesh Dattani

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9351182169

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‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri On a Muggy Night in Mumbai is the first contemporary Indian play to openly tackle gay themes of love, partnership, trust and betrayal. Kamlesh—young, gay and clinically depressed—invites his friends home ostensibly for an evening of camaraderie. However, with the arrival of his sister and her fiancé, a series of dramatic confrontations is set into motion, leading to startling revelations and unexpected catharsis. ‘At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identity’—Alyque Padamsee ‘Powerful and disturbing’—The New York Times

Gender Discrimination and Parental Authority in Mahesh Dattani’s Play "Tara"

Author: Nivethaa Ramanujam

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 3668345465

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Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Literature - Asia, grade: Post Graduation, , course: MA English with Communication Studies, language: English, abstract: Mahesh Dattani is a contemporary Indian playwright and his play "Tara" revolves around the separation of conjoined twins. Gender discrimination is the reason for the separation and the exercise of the parental authority is also observed in the course of the play. The research focuses on how parental authority and gender discrimination lead to the death of the daughter Tara and deterioration of Patel’s family. The gender discrimination and parental authority account for the death of the innocent girl, Tara. The paper also looks into the aspect of society playing an invisible role in the separation of the twins.