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Zohra Sehgal Born 27 April 1912 (age 100) Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Other names Zohra Mumtaz-Ullah Khan Occupation Indian actress, dancer Years active 1946 – present Spouse Kameshwar Nath Sehgal Children Kiran Sehgal, Pawan Sehgal Zohra Sehgal[1][2] (born 27 April 1912) is an Indian stage and film actress, who started her career as dancer with dancer Uday Shankar in 1935 and worked with him for the next eight years. She has appeared in many Bollywood films as well as English language films and television series. She is most known for her appearances in Bhaji on the Beach (1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Dil Se.. (1998) and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–87), Amma and Family (1996).[3] Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for fourteen years, during...

“NATYASHASTRA” “Natyashastra, considered as the fifth Veda, believed to be the supreme scripture of theatre arts, was created thousands of years ago by Bharat Muni who imbibed the core of all the four Vedas with the inspiration by Lord Brahma himself.” Indian theatre is completely unimaginable without Natyashastra, but today's theatre artistes,playwrights and theatre technicians do not seem to have any understanding of it. Natyashastra was written in the Sanskrit language in the poetic narration style. Though it has been translated to many Indian and foreign languages by many scholars,it has not become as popular in the theatre world as it should rightfully have beem. Director Sanjeev Sharma, who plays to make the Natyashastra more accessible to the common man, believes that the Natyashastra should be presented in audio visual format because theatre is an audio visual medium itself. After 7 years of extensive research, Sanjeev Sharma has taken up the challenge of presenting ...