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YOGESH TRIPATHI

INTRODUCTION

Yogesh Tripathi is a Hindi Playwright,

theater director and actor. He is Science Graduate basically, post-graduate in Zoology and further, in Hindi, from Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa. He is known as a Hindi Playwright and theater Director in India, especially in northerne belt. He has also conducted a number of theatre shows in various places of India. He particularily teaches his artists theater designing, acting, and almost all theatre techniques. He is creative head of His theater group KSHITIJ, Rewa.

Yogesh has written a number of radio plays, stage plays and tele scripts. and he has acted in three tele films.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

1.KAAGAJ PAR LIKHI MAUT (DEATH, WRITTEN ON A PAPER)

Published in 1997, by Vidya Prakashan Mandir, Newdelhi

This book has four short plays, having stories related with death.

(a) Kaagaj par likhi maut - Based on a person sentenced to death.Play shows, that a convicted person dies each and every moment after having sentenced.

(b)Apne Hi Putle (THE OWN PUPPETS) - This play is a story of a Professor who was married without his willing and he takes revenge of this and his sister in law dies.

(c)Aabehayat (WATER OF HEAVEN) - This play is based on Munshi Prem chand's rare story with same name. In this play, there is a hypothesis that what a man will do, if he gets new life. The play shows that he will repeat again those sins, which he already had done.

(d)Pralay Ki Dastak (KNOCKING OF DISASTER) - This play is a street play showing the great tragedy of AIDS.

2. HASTAKSHAR (THE SIGNATURE) -

Published in 1999, by Pustak Sadan, Newdelhi

This book has single full length stage play. The story revolves around a professor who has two faces. He is known as a Marxist, but does every thing, against marxism.

3. MUJHE AMRITA CHAHIYE AND YUDHA (I NEED AMRITA AND THE WAR) File:Scan0013.jpg

Published in 2004, by Pustak Sadan, Newdelhi

This book has two full length stage plays. Mujhe Amrita Chahiye is the story of a shy and simple girl who gains confidence through theater and proof herself a valuable component of the society. Play Yudha is a very effective play displaying a debate on international arena about the war. This play is based on a miraculous folk legend.

4. TA ME EK ITIHAAS HAI (IN THAT, THERE IS A STORY) -

Published in 2007, by University Book Depot Jaipur

This book is dramatization of a book DHRUVASHTAK written by Maharaj Vishwanath Singh, 150 years ago. This play has multiple interesting stories.

UNPUBLISHED WORK

VIJAY DANDETHA ka natya sansar - This is a collection of some stories written by Mr. Vijay Dandetha, well dramatized by Yogesh, in modern way. BAGHELKHAND KE LOKNATYA - This unpublished book has a comprehensive view over folk theater of Baghelkhand region. KAB AUBE BHAGWAN - This book is Bagheli translation of world fame play WAITING FOR GODO, written by Samuel Baquet.

CHHAHUR

This is Bagheli original folk stage play, which is reconstructed by Yogesh Tripathi. After this Chhahur play, Bagheli folk theater style began to named as Chhahur.

DRAMATIZATION OF FAMOUS PLAYS

MRICHCHAKATIKAM of Shudrak in Bagheli dilect.

ABHIGYAN SHAKUNTAL of Kalidas in Bagheli dilect.

ANAND RAGHUNANDAN of Maharaj Vishwanath Singh (First Hindi Play)

WAITING FOR GODO of Samuel Baquet in Bagheli dilect.

DRAMATIZATION OF FAMOUS STORIES

VIJAY DANDETHA - CHANDANBAN KA BAGH, KHEERON WALA RAJYA, KHUDA KI KHUDAAI

MUNSHI PREMCHAND - BADI BAHAN, NAMAK KA DARODA, AABEHAYAT

GULERI - USNE KAHA THA

O HENRI - BEES BARAS BAAD

FEATURES ON THEATER

                           - MANY FEATURES PUBLISHED IN PRINT MEDIA

WRITING FOR RADIO -

NEAR ABOUT 60 RADIO PLAYS WRITTEN FOR AKASHWANI.

20 EPISODES SERIAL BASED ON DHRUWASHTAKA

10 EPISODES SERIAL BASED ON PYAASI MEEN

TELESCRIPTS

KAAGAJ PAR LIKHI MAUT

PAANCH TARIKH

SAFED FAAHON KE GUMBAD

CHAAND PYAR NAHI HOTA

STAGE PLAYS

18 STAGE PLAYS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN

PLAYS WRITTEN BY YOGESH, DIRECTD BY NATION WIDE DIRECTORS

NEAR ABOUT 70 SHOWS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN DIFFERENT CITIES OF INDIA.

DIRECTORS INCLUDE HABIB TANWIR, MUSHTAQ KAK, RAJIV VERMA, SATISH MEHTA, IRFAN SAURABH, SATYENDRA KUMAR, REWA BAHADUR, KAUSHAL UPADHYAY, SARFARAJ HASAN, MANOJ NAIR, ANIL MISHRA ‘GURU JI’, JUNED AHMED.

ACTING IN RADIO PLAYS

A GRADE DRAMA ARTIST IN AKASHWANI REWA (M.P.) PERFORMED LEAD ROLES IN NEAR ABOUT 60 PLAYS.

ACTING IN TELEFILMS

KAAGAJ PAR LIKHI MAUT

PAANCH TARIKH

NANHE SITARE

PRIZES AND AWARDS

RATNA BHARATI SAMMAN FOR KAAGAJ PAR LIKHI MAUT

MOHAN RAKESH SAMMAN FOR MUJHE AMRITA CHAHIYE

AKASHWANI PURASKAR FOR SHATRUGANDH

VINDHYA SAHITYA SHRI SAMMAN FOR BAGHELI WORK

DIVYA ALANKARAN SAMMAN FOR MUJHE AMRITA CHAHIYE

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

FIFTEEN DAYS WRITING WORKSHOP UNDER HABIB TANWIR. DURING WORKSHOP, WROTE COMMISSIONED PLAY - YUDHA.

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

      Many workshops conducted for newcomers in the field of theater.

SPECIAL ACHIEVMENT

IN SAHITYA WARSHIKI OF INDIA TODAY HINDI MAGAZINE 2002, ESPECIALLY QUOTED AS VERY PROSPEROUS UPCOMMING HINDI PLAYWRIGHT EMERGED DURING THE PRECEEDING DECADE (1991 TO 2000). THIS WAS THE RESULT OF VAST SURVEY DELT BY A TEAM UNDER DR. MANAGER PANDEY.

YOGESH TRIPATHI AS A THEATER DIRECTOR

YOGESH TRIPATHI IS LEADING THEATER DIRECTOR IN BAGHELKHAND REGION. HE IS CREATIVE HEAD OF KSHITIJ THEATER GROUP OF REWA. HE DIRECTED A NUMBER OF PLAYS AND HE INNOVATED A DIFFERENT STYLE OF PRESENTATION, WHERE FOLK ELEMENTS ARE PROMINENTLY PRESENT. HE PERFORMED ALSO IN VARIOUS OTHER PLACES OF COUNTRY.

WORK IN BAGHELI LANGUAGE (REGIONAL DIALECT OF HINDI)

YOGESH IS WELL KNOWN AS RE-CONSTRUCTOR OF BAGHELI FOLK THEATER STYLE. HE USES FOLK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, VOCAL SINGING AND ALSO DANCING. HE RESURCHED FOR THE EXTINCT ELEMENTS OF BAGHELI FOLK THEATER CHHAHUR AND PRESENTED IN THE YEAR 2005 IN MADHYA PRADESH NAATYA SAMAROH, ORGANISED BY MADYA PRADESH GOVERNEMENT.

HE ALSO PRODUCES BAGHELI AND HINDI RADIO PROGRAMS AND T.V. PROGRAMS.

CONTACT

E-MAIL - [email protected]