National School of Drama

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This article is about the Indian institution. For other meanings of NSD, see NSD (disambiguation).

National School of Drama (NSD), India's premier theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India, is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

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History

NSD was established in 1959 under the auspices of Sangeet Natak Akademi (Government of India), and its first batch passed out in 1961; in 1975 it became autonomous and in 2005 it gained the status of a deemed university.[1]

Performing Wings

Repertory Company

The professional performing wing of NSD, the 'National School of Drama' Repertory Company was set up in 1964, with an aim to promote professional theatre in India. It first head was Om Shivpuri, followed by Manohar Singh, Ram Gopal Bajaj (Acting Chief), J.N. Kaushal (Acting Chief), Anuradha Kapur (Acting Chief), and Suresh Sharma.

Today, the Repertory Company, performs all over the nation and aboard, and has its own festival every year, called Annual Repertory Company Summer Festival, in which it perform new and past plays. [2]

Sanskaar Rang Toli

In 1989 NSD established the ‘Theatre-in-Education Company’ (T.I.E), called 'Sanskaar Rang Toli' , today it has become India's premier educational resource centres, and coaches children aged 8 to 16 years. The company regularly performs plays for school and adults audiences alike, and has its own yearly theatre festivals, 'Jashn-e-Bachpan' and Bal Sangam. [3]

Regional Centres

In a bid to decentralize its activities, NSD opened Regional Resource Centres (RRC) across India, the first of which was opened at Bangalore in 1994. [4]


Awards won by NSD Alumni

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shri

B.V. Karanth, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratan Thiyam, Om Puri, Ram Gopal Bajaj.

Kalidas Samman

B.V. Karanth, Devendra Raj Ankur.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

B.V. Karanth, V. Ramamurthy, B.M. Shah, Manohar Singh, Uttra Baokar, Ratan Thiyam, Surekha Sikri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohan Maharishi, M.K. Raina, Bansi Kaul, Ram Gopal Bajaj, B. Jayashree, Bhanu Bharti, Amal Allana, Dulal Roy, Rita G. Kothari, Robin Das, Seema Biswas, Gurucharan Singh Channi, Prasanna, Dolly Ahluwalia, Prem Matiyani, Nadira Babbar, Shanta Gandhi, Ashok Sagar Bhagat, J.N. Kaushal, Devendra Raj Ankur, Anuradha Kapur, Suresh Bhardwaj, H.V.Sharma, Ranjit Kapoor, V.K.Sharma.

Chaman Lal Memorial Awards for excellence in theatre

G.N.Dasgupta, H.V.Sharma, Sudhir Kulkarni, Dolly Ahluwalia, Suresh Bhardwaj.

National Film Awards

swanand kirkire best lyrics for "bande mein tha dum" song written for " lage raho munnaa bhai

National Film Award for Best Actor

National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Directors of NSD

NSD has had a string of illustrious theatre personalities as its directors.

References

  1. ^ NSD declared deemed university, Deccan Herald, March 16, 2005
  2. ^ Repertory
  3. ^ T.I.E.
  4. ^ NSD Genesis
  5. ^ Previous Directors National School of Drama, Official website.

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