Satyadev Dubey (13 July 1936 – 25 December 2011) was an Indian theatre director, actor, playwright, screenwriter & film director. He was awarded the

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in 1971. He won the 1978

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for

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's ''

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'' and 1980 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for '' Junoon''. In 2011, he was honoured with the

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by the

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Biography

Satyadev Dubey was born in Bilaspur

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of the

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

now in Chhattisgarh in 1936. He moved to Mumbai with the aim of becoming a

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er, but ended up joining the Theatre Unit, a theatre group run by

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, which also ran a school for many budding artists. Later when Alkazi left for Delhi to head the

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indep ...

, Dubey took over Theatre Unit, and went on to produce many important plays in the Indian theatre. He produced

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's first play ''Yayati'', and also his noted play ''Hayavadana'', Badal Sarkar's ''Ewam Indrajit'' and ''Pagla Ghoda'', Chandrashekhara Kambara's ''Aur Tota Bola'' (''Jokumaraswamy'' in original Kannada),

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's ''Aadhe Adhure'',

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's ''

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'' in 2007. He is credited with the discovery of Dharmavir Bharati's ''

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'', a play that was written for radio; Dubey saw its potential, sent it across to

at National School of Drama. When staged in 1962, ''Andha Yug'' brought in a new paradigm in Indian theatre of the times. He made two short films ''Aparichay ke Vindhachal'' (1965) and ''Tongue In Cheek'' (1968), and directed a

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feature film, ''Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe'' (1971), based on

's play, which in turn is based on

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's story "Die Panne". Dubey had a five decade long and prolific career as theatre actor, director and playwright.

Filmography

Writer

* ''

Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe ''Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe'' (''Silence! The Court Is in Session'') is a Marathi play written by Indian playwright Vijay Tendulkar in 1963 and first performed in 1967, directed by Arvind Deshpande, with Sulbha Deshpande as the main lead. Th ...

'' (1971, director) * '' Ankur'' (1974, dialogue, screenplay) * '' Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain'' (1974, dialogue) * '' Nishant'' (1975, dialogue) * ''

'' (1977, dialogue, screenplay) * '' Junoon'' (1978, dialogue) * '' Kalyug'' (1980, dialogue) * '' Aakrosh'' (1980, dialogue) * '' Vijeta'' (1982, dialogue, screenplay) * '' Mandi'' (1983, screenplay)

Actor

* ''

Deewaar ''Deewaar'' () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy and Parveen Babi. The film ...

'' (1975) - Actor (uncredited) * '' Nishant'' (1975) - Priest (Pujari) * '' Kondura'' (1978) - Ramanayye Master * ''Anugraham'' (1978) * ''Godam'' (1983) - Dharma * ''

Bharat Ek Khoj ''Bharat Ek Khoj'' () is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book '' The Discovery of India'' (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru that covers a 5,000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The d ...

'' (1988, TV Series) - Chanakya * ''Pita'' (1991) * ''Maya'' (1993) * ''

Aahat ''Aahat'' (English: ''An approaching sound'') is an Indian thriller/horror television anthology series created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television. The series premiered on 5 October 1995. The episodes of first, second and fifth ...

'' Season 1 (1995-2001) (TvSeries) * ''Hanan'' (2004) - Mahapoojary * ''

Ata Pata Lapatta ''Ata Pata Laapata'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language musical satire film directed by Rajpal Yadav and produced by his wife Radha Yadav, who makes his directorial debut with the film and also plays the protagonist who enlists the help of l ...

'' (2012) - Pagla Baba (final film role)

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