Mahesh Dattani
- January 10, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Mahesh Dattani Biography
| Name | Mahesh Dattani |
| Birthday | Aug 7 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Bengaluru |
| Home Town | Karnataka |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Mahesh Dattani is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 7, 1958 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Mahesh Dattani began his career as a copywriter in an advertising firm. In 1986, he wrote his first full-length play, Where There’s a Will, and since 1995, he has been working as a full-time theatre professional. He has also worked with his father in the family business.
9. G Baskaran, ed., Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani: Methods and Motives, Yking Books, Jaipur, 2012.
Mahesh Dattani Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mahesh Dattani is one of the richest Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mahesh Dattani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mahesh Dattani (born 7 August 1958) is an Indian director, actor, playwright and writer. He wrote such plays as Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, On a Muggy Night in Mumbai, Tara, Thirty Days in September, The Big Fat City and The Murder That Never Was, starring Dheiraj Kapoor.
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Vinod Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Mahesh Dattani celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.
Who called Mahesh Dattani most serious contemporary playwright?
Described as ‘one of India’s best and most serious contemporary playwrights writing in English’ by Alexander Viets in the International Herald Tribune, Mahesh Dattani is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award.
For which play Mahesh Dattani got Sahitya Academy Award?
Mahesh Dattani
Awards| Sahitya Akademi Award
How Mahesh Dattani became interested in writing?
After reading Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? early in his life , he became interested in writing. He was also influenced by Gujarati playwright Madhu Rye’s Kumarni Agashi and developed an interest in play writing.
Where there is a will by Mahesh Dattani summary?
Mahesh Dattani’s play Where There’s a Will is a stage play evinces issues about combating repercussions of family members from interfering too much into one’s life thereby overshadowing and corroding one’s personality, desires, dreams and ambitions and stream of thought.
Who was the first winner of Sahitya Academy Award?
Awards in English began in 1960 — the first recipient was R K Narayan for his novel The Guide. Over the years, the Akademi has introduced other awards such as the Bhasha Samman, Yuva Sahityakar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar.