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Manohar Singh (1938 – 14 November 2002) was a distinguished〔(Smt Swaraj condoles Manohar Singh's death ) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 14 November 2002.〕〔(Shanta Kumar Condoles the death of Manohar Singh ) PIB, Ministry of Rural Development, 15 November 2002.〕 Indian theatre actor-director and a character actor in Hindi films. He is best known for his performances in films such as ''Party'' (1984) and ''Daddy'' (1989). Starting his acting career from theatre, he went on to become a theatre director and later the chief of National School of Drama Repertory Company, 1976 to 1988, before switching to cinema.〔(Previous Chiefs of Repertory Company ) National School of Drama website.〕 As a theatre actor his most know performances were in ''Tughlaq'' directed by Ebrahim Alkazi, ''Himmat Mai'' and ''Begum Barve'' by Nissar and Amal Allana. He was awarded the 1982 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting (Hindi theatre) by Sangeet Natak Akademi. In 2003, a photo exhibition on his work in theatre was organized at the Art Heritage gallery, Delhi chronicling his journey in theatre starting from his first play ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' (1968) as a student at the National School of Drama to plays like, ''Tughlaq'', ''King Lear'', ''Kaho Katha Khajuraho Ki'', ''Himmat Mai'' (''Mother Courage'') and ''The Threepenny Opera''. He provides the voice-over in the annual Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra production "Ram". The audience can hear the commentary in his voice, providing structure and continuity to the narrative. ==Biography== Born in 1938 in a small village called Kwara near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, Manohar Singh got his first job in the state govt-run Drama Division. He graduated from National School of Drama (NSD) in 1971, and soon after started directing plays with NSD Repertory Company, starting with ''Qatl Ki Hawas'' in 1971.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alumni List For The Year 1971 )〕 Later in 1976 he became the second chief of the NSD Repertory Company and remained so until 1988. He was awarded the 1982 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, dance and Drama.〔(Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards): Theatre Acting: Hindi ) Sangeet Natak Akademi website.〕 He is best known for his spectacular performance in and as ''Tughlaq'' directed by his mentor Ebrahim Alkazi, the founder of NSD. After quitting NSD in the late 80s, he got active on the Delhi theater scene, doing some memorable plays like ''Pagla Raja'' (King Lear), ''Himmat Mai'' (Brecht's Mother Courage), ''Begum Barve'' and ''Nagamandalam'' (Girish Karnad) with well-known theater personalities, Amal and Nissar Allana.〔 He had a long film and television career that started with the controversial film based on emergency, ''Kissa Kursi Ka'', that also starred Shabana Azmi. He did Govind Nihalani's ''Party'', Mrinal Sen's ''Ek Din Achanak'', ''Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin'', ''Rudaali'', ''Daddy'' and went to play many powerful roles in over 27 films, including some mainstream films like ''Chandni'' and ''Lamhe'' with Yash Chopra. His last film was ''Everybody Says I'm Fine!'' in 2001. He appeared in many successful serials on television including Neena Gupta's ''Dard'' and ''Pal Chhin''. He died of lung cancer on 14 November 2002, in New Delhi.〔(Manohar Singh, one of Indian TV's original patriarchs )〕〔(Manohar Singh passes away )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manohar Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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