Mahesh Dattani Analysis

Mahesh Dattani was born on 7th August 1958. Dattani was born in Bangalore, in a Gujarati family. He is an Indian director, actor, the most unorthodox playwright and writer. He wrote plays as Dance Like a Man, 1989. He is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. Mahesh Dattani has played a very important role in the development and enrichment of Indian English drama through his wonderful dramatic outputs. Mahesh Dattani is a man of Drama with intelligence. He has also offered a significant hint in the field of radio drama. He has been writing for B.B.C. Radio 3 and 4. He was one of the two writers who were selected from India. He marks his inspiration from Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. His plays are mainly related to the Indian middle class family.

His plays mainly depict …show more content…
The first kind of play is meant for ‘eyes’ or ‘viewing’ and second kind of play is for ‘ears’ or ‘listening’. The Stage play and The Radio play are enjoyed in different ways. The way of enjoying radio play is quite different as it is performed through ‘verbal’ or ‘vocal action’ and is not meant for stage performance.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADIO PLAY AND THE STAGE PLAY: -

There are many differences between a radio play and a stage play. But the first and common difference between the two is the mode of presentation. The stage play is presented or performed on the stage, whereas radio play is broadcasted over a radio station. Secondly, both plays have audiences or listeners who have different tastes and ways to enjoy them. The audience of the stage play sits just in front of the performers or artists. There is a face to face contact between the audience and artists of the stage play. Whereas, in the case of radio play,
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the audience or listeners do not sit in front of the artists. They are situated in the distant parts enjoying the radio