Mahesh Dattani is a Sahitya Akademi Award winning director working in the Indian theatre industry for over thirty years. Besides directing, Mahesh has also been an actor and playwright. He has a degree in History, Political Science and Economics with post graduation in Marketing and Advertising Marketing. Mahesh has written and directed numerous plays and has also dabbled into making films. His film, Dance Like a Man has won the award for the Best Picture in English awarded by the National Panorama in 1998.
Mahesh will be interviewed by renowned writer and theatre-critic Shanta Gokhale.
At the DSM, Mahesh will talk about his journey, his theatre company, the industry around theatre and using theatre and drama for education in recent times.
Conversations@theDSM are a part of the DSM’s Rekha Sabnis Memorial Series.
Date and time: 10th February 2018, 5 PM
Venue: 5th Floor, Purandare Hall, Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh, Girgaon, Charni Road (East) Mumbai – 400 004
Entry: Free
