"Hi Salim! I see that you were in NYC in 2004. Any plans to come back here? How is the theatre scene in Mumbai these days? Did you see that there are directors from all over Asia and the rest of the world on Create Culture?"
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- Salim Arif: a brief introduction
Salim Arif is an illustrious alumnus of National School of Drama, New Delhi. In theatre, he has several production oriented workshops to his credit in a number of places in India. He was awarded a NSD fellowship to work on the subject of Interaction between Traditional and contemporary Indian theatre with reference to the works of Habib Tanvir, B.V.Karanth, Ratan Thiyam and K.N.Panikker.
Innovative in approach , exploring new contents for staging, his Aapki Soniya , Ghalibnaama, Kharaashein, Taj Mahal Ka Tender, Kaifi Saab, Peele Patton Ka Ban , Dil Chahta Hai , Shyam Rang, Agar Aur Magar, Bayaane Ghalib, Rakt Kalyan, Parwaaze Bayaan Aur, Kachche Lamhe,Lakeerein,Hum-Suffer has made him one of the most exciting and popular director on Hindi theatre scene in India. His critically acclaimed play Aap Ki Sonia has been performed extensively in India and abroad. His path breaking Kharaashein and Ghalibnaama were showcased by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New York at Lincoln Center, NY in 2004.
Some important plays designed by him are Karna-The great warrior, Ismat Apa Ke Naam,Shyam Rang, Mrigtrishna, Jisne Lahore Nahin Vekhya and Madhyamvyayoga.
Currently designing the Looks and Costume of Bobby Bedi’s Mahabharat for Star Plus, he made his mark as a Costume Designer of substance with Shyam Benegal’s Bharat Ek Khoj,Gulzar’s Mirza Ghalib,Dr.Chandraprakash Dwedi’s Chanakya and Nirja Guleri’s Chandrakanta .
His important films as a designer are Ketan Mehta’s Sardar Patel,Gulzar’s Maachis & Hu-Tu-Tu , Govind Nihalani’s Takshak and Anil Sharma’s Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo. He has been a consultant for period details in Anil Sharma’s Gadar and Mani Ratnam’s Guru. He was commissioned by Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) to do an appraisal on Costumes in Hindi Cinema titled The Essence and Fabric for Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema published in 2003. He has been a Theatre Critic for Mid-Day, New Delhi, wrote articles and reviews for Free Press Journal ,Mumbai on Theatre and films and is currently a regular contributor to Hardnews, a magazine published from New Delhi since 2003.
Currently working as head of Production Design in Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, he is also on the visiting faculty of several prestigious institutions including National School of Drama, New Delhi, Film and Television Institute of India,Pune, BNA, Lucknow, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai and National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He is also a resource person for Sangeet Natak Akademy,New Delhi.
He was awarded the Bhartendu Harishchandra Award of U.P.Hindi-Urdu Award Committee for his contribution in Theatre.
Essay Communications-
Essay Communications is a forum for theatre and other allied arts in Mumbai. Led by Salim Arif, the group includes alumni of National School of Drama and other theatre enthusiasts. Actors like Farooque Shaikh,Sonali Bendre, Atul Kulkarni,Yashpal Sharma,Harsh Chhaya,Kiran Karmarkar,Anoop Soni ,Vaishali Thakkar, Lubna Salim, Seema Azmi, and singers like Bhupinder-Mitaali, Talat Aziz, Seema Sehgal, Jaswinder Singh amongst others, have performed in various stage productions of this group so far.
Ghalibnaama, a concert comprising of the letters and poems of Mirza Ghalib, Kharaashein-the scars from riots, a collage on stage of Gulzar’s writings on communal harmony, Peele Patton Ka Ban a collection of three monologues and Javed Siddiqi’s Aapki Soniya ,Kachche Lamhe and Hum Suffer are productions which gave this group a distinct identity as a platform for meaningful artistic presentations. Lakeerein is its latest production.
- Art Forms And Cultures I Would Like To Engage With
- Have a multi media all arts show
- My Creative Influences & Favorite Artists
- Tyeb Mehta,Habib Tanvir
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- At 12:05am on June 25, 2010,
Nico Daswani said… - Hi Salim! I see that you were in NYC in 2004. Any plans to come back here? How is the theatre scene in Mumbai these days? Did you see that there are directors from all over Asia and the rest of the world on Create Culture?
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