Mahesh Dattani Research Articles

Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani‟s Play Thirty Days in September

Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani‟s Play Thirty Days in September

Portrayal of Women as Victims in Mahesh Dattani‟s Tara, Thirty Days in September and Beneath the Rubble

Portrayal of Women as Victims in Mahesh Dattani‟s Tara, Thirty Days in September and Beneath the Rubble

Postcolonial Human Identity in Mahesh Dattani’s Select Plays

Mahesh Dattani is rightly regarded by the international Herald Tribune as one of the best and the most serious playwrights writing in English, His plays expose the violence of private thoughts and the hypocricy of public morality, Dattani wants to get rid of all kinds of evils in the society which spoil the degnifid life. All the atrocities in the name of religion, class, race, or gender can be eradicated if a person is able to understand the power of the human nature. It is not intelligent to be submissive to the cruelties of the oppressor and demising human dignity. This paper analyses a few plays of Dattani to prove that Dattani is against both the atrocities of the dominating and the submissiveness of the dominated in order to attain a dignified life with self -identity.

Plight of Daksha: Identity Crisis and Communal Violence in Final Solutions

Mahesh Dattani is one among India’s avant garde dramatists. He worked as an actor, director, playwright, dancer and screenplay writer. He is one of the most serious contemporary playwrights writing in English. He is a master of language. He can express what he wants to say in any language. Throughout his dramas, he acts like a spokesman for all the marginalized people. His popular play ‘Final Solutions’ deals with the theme of communal hatred and violence. Exploring the issues of religion, hindu-muslim conflict, gender bias, generation thinking gap, Dattani seems to show the inner conflict inside each character in Play. Among all these characters, we sympathizes with Hardika the most. Her dear ‘Diary’ makes the things clear and we learn that she has witnessed this communal hatred for long time.

Peaceful Coexistence in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions

Peaceful Coexistence in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions Nujood Salim Al-Waheebi, Azeez Jasim Mohammed Abstract This project based on dealing with the contemporary issue that Dattani presents throughout his play Final Solutions. The issue relates to religious racism of modern urban Indian culture. It discusses two opposite concepts; religious racism and religious compromise. This paper looks at how sectarianism makes people behave as evil like toward other people those belong to different religion. However, the events in this play represents different times; past, present and future. The grandmother, Daksha, is an example of the past while Ramanik and Aruna represent the present time. Bobby, Javed and Smita reflect the future as being young generation. On one hand, it describes the delegations of the fundamental and radical thinking upon the society and family’s relationship, especially between mother and daughter. On the other hand, religious compromise is the main concept in this project to end this conflict and keep nations progressed. Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/ijll.v8n2a6

Identity Politics and Insider vs. Outsider Debate in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions

Identity Politics and Insider vs. Outsider Debate in Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions

Gender Based Injustice in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara

The paper is an endeavour to inspect the sex based unfairness in Tara by Mahesh Dattani. Mahesh Dattani, the well-known dramatist had tested the development of India exhibited in the advanced English Theatre. Tara manages the muddle elements of present day urban family in India of Gender separation. This present paper is a humble endeavours of underestimation of ladies. As the play courses through the conjoined twins of Tara and Chandan and lights up the male inclination over the female one. The play portrays the inescapability and profound rootedness of the general public. The ladies go about as device for the mistreatment and helpless against separation of these qualities disguised. Bharathi's (the mother) support over the male kid, made the other one injured and she experiences the blame all through. Both being distinctively abled Tara was going to confront the twofold underestimation in the general public of concentrated disposition individuals. Abuse of science and innovation has been appeared through the character Dr.Thakkar. Through his plays, Dattani utilizes Indian folklore, ceremonies, convention and contemporary issues. The plays of Dattani have a general intrigue. They could be stayed anyplace on earth, they would draw the complete consideration of the group. Striking topic and strange style has been pulled in the peruses. Tara tends to the subject of sexual orientation, however not really cliché generalizations of predisposition against young lady youngster, despite the fact that that is commonly acknowledged translation of the play in India.

Alternate Sexuality as a theme in Mahesh Dattani’s Play ‘On a Muggy Night in Mumbai’

In today’s context discussions on alternate sexuality find utmost significance considering the fact that people all around the world are becoming aware and open to the idea of it. This paper will explore this area looking at it from the Indian background by examining how society views homosexuality and how people belonging to this milieu become victims to societal expectations and norms through Mahesh Dattani’s play On A Muggy Night In Mumbai (2013). The play however, being written before the amendment of Section 377, throws light on the plight of the homosexual community that was subject to dehumanization and criminalization by the society as well as the law.

The Cultural Silencing of LGBT Voices in India with Reference to Do the Needful: A Radio Play

Culture deliberates the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and mentality of the people. In a multicultural and multilingual country like India marginalisation of certain communities, including homosexual, is a significant problem that threads the fabric of our society. In modern society, gender and sexuality-based discrimination are witnessed all over the world. The term homosexuality has never gained social acceptance and has been treated down the ages as taboo subjects. Although sexual desires are a matter of instinctive behaviour, yet are controlled by social norms and morals. Therefore, heterosexuality is the only acceptable mode of relationship and is considered as a centre to our culture. The homosexual relationships are still stigmatized as unnatural and unacceptable in Indian social context and therefore often hidden under the shroud of privacy. Mahesh Dattani, an Indian writer, has chosen such taboo subjects and treated them with great confidence and sublimity to bring them from the boundary to the main stream. This paper focuses on the pathetic conditions of those who struggle between instinct and social culture concerning queer theory in the play DO THE NEEDFUL: A RADIO PLAY by Mahesh Dattani.

Dramaturgical Analysis: Play With in Play as a Theatrical Technique in Mahesh Dattani‟s Play Where Did I Leave My

This research study is an attempt to analyze the play Where did I leave my Purdah by an Indian playwright Mahesh Dattani. Primarily, this research study focuses upon a discussion of the employment of the theatrical technique i.e. Play Within Play within the structure of the play by Dattani. Ervin Goffman‟s (1922-1982) notion of dramaturgical analysis (grounded on his social analysis) has been taken as a theoretical framework to reinforce the proposition that performance of the actors on stage resemble their actual lives. Contextually, the protagonist‟s creed to perform the role of Shakuntala, a heroine from the classic epic Shakuntala by Kali Dasa, a Sanskrit writer, in the play has been negotiated, subsequently contributing to this corollary that the characters in the play, in their acts to perform legendary roles on stage, actually present their own lives, psyche, self, emotions and personalities through their roles. The researcher has two arguments to carry in this research, first how the text embedded play within play technique in the structure, secondly application of Ervin Goffman‟s (1922-1982) notion of dramaturgical analysis on the characters and plot. Hence, the lives of characters and their role performance on the stage have been negotiated as echo-perspective in the play by the researcher. So, this research would be a positive addition to the body of modern Indian drama and Sociology. This is basically qualitative research in design and is based on textual analysis.

Study of marginalization in Indian society through Mahesh Datani's "Tara"

The 21st century has brought many social reforms, but the situation of women remains dire. Women have proven to be superior to men in many areas, yet society is not yet ready to see them as equals. The rigid conventions and unequal social laws of patriarchal societies, especially in the context of India, has always oppressed women. This paper attempts to highlight the impact of the performance nature of gender inequality in India through Mahesh Dattani's play Tara. Dattani emphasized how ingrained sexism is throughout Indian society, regardless of social or economic class. Many of Dattani's plays highlight the same problem of women being placed in a lower position than men, leading to their conquest. Tara highlights the hegemonic mentality of Indian society. In Indian society, even women became collaborators in order to subdue women and be at the mercy of men. Through Tara's perspective, the paper highlights the impact of male dominance in Indian society, where men are preferred over women regardless of their social and economic class.

Mahesh Dattani’s Tara: A Critical Study of Gender and Social Discrimination

Mahesh Dattani is a well known Indian English dramatist. He was born in 1958 in Bangalore, India. He is resourceful theatre artist, a drama teacher, stage director and a good dancer. He was awarded with the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for his plays; Final Solutions and Other Plays. It is the first Indian dramatist who received this eminent award. Apart from this, he wrote many plays like Dance like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, Tara, Where There’s a Will, Thirty Days in September, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, The Tale of a Mother Feeling Her Child, Complete Plays, (it holds 8 plays), Morning Raja, Collected Plays 2 Vol., Collected Plays. The themes of gender discrimination and social upheavals keep a lot of implication in his plays. He is a very strong and genuine voice of the middle class society in India. Most of the characters of his plays belong to the middle and lower class family. He deals the issues of societal construct of gender, the position of patriarchy, the dilemma and problems of homosexuals, the institution of marriage, the hypocrisy of the middle class and some other which are directly related to the middle class sensibility. There is expression of everyday events. He does not endeavour to present an unfeasible realism.Discrimination, Feminism, Patriarchy, Inequality

Gender Discrimination in Mahesh Dattani’s Play “Dance Like a Man” and “Tara”- A Critical Analysis

This paper highlights the notion of social issues like Gender inequalities, sufferings and depression faced by both men and women with reference to the Indian playwright Mahesh Dattani’s plays “Dance Like a Man” (1989) and “Tara” (1990). Dance Like a Man has generously expressed the social issues of contemporary Indian society. The theme of the play is dealt with tradition, relationship, career, and society. The plot revolves around Jairaj and Ratna and their daughter Lata and her fiance Viswas. A fine metre traces the past of Jairaj, Ratna and Amritlal Parekh, Jairaj’s father through the technique of flashback concept. Jairaj and Ratna are exposed to the wrath of Amritlal Parekh who fails to understand their passion and their devotion towards dance and particularly of Jairaj. Mahesh Dattani indicates the typical Indian views about dance through Amritlal Parekh who believes that dance is made only for females. This paper is an attempt to study the gender discrimination in a society, the injustice done only on the term of gender and the preference given to a male child over a female in an Indian family. Here Dattani deals with the theme of gender discrimination in his another play Tara. The play also deals with the emotional and physical separation to conjoined twins. The play presents the deep rooted patriarchal system in the society. Women act as a key in the hands of patriarchy to perpetuate patriarchal values. This paper tries to discuss and analyse the issue of marginalisation of women in the play. Chandan being a boy child is preferred to Tara-a girl child in an Indian family. Bharati despite of being mother of Tara spoils her daughter’s life and suffers in the longer run because of her inhuman act. Dr. Thakkar makes the misuse of his profession being the man of science and technology. He was bribed a piece of land by Bharati and her father for surgery that led to the death of Tara.

Myths, Beliefs and Practices in the Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani

Myths, Beliefs and Practices in the Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani

THE PROPERTY OF AN ADVANCED MANLINESS: A FEMININE FELLA IN THE DRAMA

Feminine Man in Indian English Theatre is the subject of this paper as a new location for gender politics. Society develops gender assumptions based on how men and women behave in a cultural environment. Many detractors argue that gender is a social construct, whereas sex is biology. Since the start of civilization, each epoch has had its own distinct vision of what it means to be a man. Masculinity in today's society is defined in a broad sense. Feminine Man is a result of today's masculinity. In modern Indian English theatre, the 'invisible' issue of gender identity is revealed. Mahesh Dattani's comedy Dance Like a Man is about masculinity. Jairaj Parekh, the protagonist of India's new age theatre, represents and emphasises this Feminine Man tendency, which is influenced by social circumstances in some way. Keywords: India, sociological phenomena, play, staging, protagonist

Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Plays Tara and Thirty Days in September of Mahesh Dattani

The mother-daughter relationship is the most beautiful and innocent relationship in this world. A mother does every possible thing to make her child happy. The relationship between a mother and daughter has considered one of the sweetest relationships on the planet because a daughter reflects the character and nature of her mother. In most of the cases, daughter is just the carbon copy of her mother. A child rests well in the mother's lap because it is the safest abode for the child. A child, especially a girl child is always special to her mother and vice-versa, but the feeling of being an individual gets ruined when a relationship between a mother and her daughter loses the balance. Relationships are based on trust, belief and love, and these three aspects are essential for the survival of any healthy relationship. Connections can either be made or can be broken, based on these three elements. The plays Tara and Thirty Days in September, written by the dramatist Mahesh Dattani, talk about the relationship between a mother and a daughter and the games also deal with the psychological mindset of the mother(s) and the daughter(s) and their sufferings in the urban society of India.

Inequality of Gender-Based Victimization In Mahesh Dattani’s Tara.

Mahesh Dattani being a director, directed many movies like Mango Souffle, Morning Raga, Dance Like a Man and Ek Alag Mausam. Dance Like a Man has won the award for the Best Picture in English awarded by the National Panorama in 1998. Dattani’s plays deal with the themes of social issues not the very obvious ones, but the deep-seated prejudices and problems that the society is usually conditioned to turn away from.

STO be a dancer: Professional choice and politics of gender in mahesh dattani's dance like a man

STO be a dancer: Professional choice and politics of gender in mahesh dattani's dance like a man

Theatres in India after Independence with Special Reference to Mahesh Dattani’s works

Theatres in India after Independence with Special Reference to Mahesh Dattani’s works

Life as a ‘Brief Candle’ blown out by Death: A Critical Analysis of Mahesh Dattani’s Brief Candle

Life as a ‘Brief Candle’ blown out by Death: A Critical Analysis of Mahesh Dattani’s Brief Candle