Remembering Safdar Hashmi: The Pole Star Of Street Theatre

by GoNews Desk Jan 02, 2021 • 06:50 PM Views 1476

Remembering Safdar Hashmi, a playwright who was seen more on the street than the stage, who did not wait for the audience as he himself would reach where his audience was present i.e., in factories and barns. It was the result of his commitment that on January 2, 1989, he was martyred while performing on the street. In the history of Indian theatre, Safdar's name is shining like a pole star