PADATIK

PADATIK HAS BEN ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF THEATRE.AS A THEATRE GROUP IT PRESENTS NEARLY 80 SHOWS EVERY YEAR IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA.ITS FOUNDER DIRECTOR LT.SRI SHYAMANAND JALAN,A WELL KNOWN THEATRE PERSONALITY WAS A SANGEET NATAK AKADEMY AWARDEE.SHAKESPEARS KING LEAR,BIJAY TENDULKARS SHAKHARAM BINDER AND KANYADAN,MOLIERS SCHOOL OF WIVES AND MOHAN RAKESHS ADHE ADHURE ARE AMONST ITS SUCCESSFULL PRODUCTIONS.PADATIKS TWO PRODUCTIONS BARISHWALA AND SAKHARAM BINDER RECEIVED MUCH CRITICAL ACCLAIM.DIRECTED BY THE NOTED AMERICAN DIRECTOR RODNEY MARIOT,BARISHWALA RECEIVED THE BEST PRODUCTION AWARD FOR 1990 FROM THE WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT.SAKHARAM BINDER, A REVIVAL DIRECTED BY SHYAMANAND JALAN WITH KHULBUSAN KHARBANDA IN THE LEAD HAS HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL RUN IN KOLKATA,MUMBAI, PUNE , DELHI AND LUCKNOW.PADATIK HAS THREE OTHER DIRECTORS WORKING WITH IT NAMELY VINAY SHARMA, KUNAL PADHI & PRADIP ROY.PADATIK ORGANISED INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL & SEMINAR ON THEATRE DANCE AND MARSHALL ARTS IN 1987 AND LOKOTSAV IN 1986.IT ALSO ORGANISED INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON INDIAN DANCE TRADITIONS AND MODERN THEATRE IN COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE(UNESCO) IN 1983.PADATIK RECEIVES REGULAR SALARY GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, GOVT OF INDIA.BESIDES IT REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS FESTIVALS IN INDIA.IT HOLDS SUMMER WORKSHOP, ACTING TRAINING CLASSES AND REGULAR SHOWS AND PRODUCTIONS.