Tanvir ka Safarnama

Tanvir Ka Safarnama is the enthralling theatrical journey that happens when a pipe-smoking urban sophisticate like Habib Tanvir travels via Europe to return to his homeland - in Chhattisgarh - to create an essentially Indian theatre. Working with unschooled, uneducated villagers, living together as a family over 50 years, Tanvir has ploughed a lonely furrow to produce theatrical masterpieces. His adaptations of Shakespeare,Brecht and Indian Sanskrit classics have regaled audiences around the world with humour and humanism.

This film joins the joys,trials and tribulations of Habib Tanvir and Naya Theatre on the road over two years...

This is a 5 minute trailer for the feature length version which is 79 minutes in duration.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Trailer
• Documentary
• Tanvir
• Naya
• Theatre

[alokspragya]

I was a very small part of this journey and that is my pride moment ....Alok Shukla... Naya theatre from Rewa to Mumbai thru Agra Bazar & Sipahi ki Maa

[alokspragya]

I was a very small part of this journey and that is my pride moment 

[tvwalla]

I think Mr. Habib was one of the best "all in one" person as far as theater is concerned. May God keep his soul in peace.

[bizzbull]

हबीब जैसे कलाकार समाज को एक आइना दिखाते है; ये मेरा सौभाग्य है की मैंने उन्हें काम और स्वयं उन्हें दिल्ली के रंग मंच पर करीब से देखा। हबीब उनके चहेतों की आंखों मैं सदा अमर हैं.

[qweryggg11]

thanks from heart(crying.....

[jnuneha]

brilliant indeed! thanks for putting it on youtube..

[koushiksarkar]

hi Ranjan, this is absolute brilliance...so magically relevant today! would love to see the whole film. don't know if you would remember me, met you in FSA 99. cheers.

[fcubic]

Its a pity that the true intellectuals have to hide behind arseholes with degrees and urban sophistication. This is a leading light lets support this magnificent movement.

[shyamala48]

Hey....That was an amazing video. Can very understand the time and energy that has been spent on making this. I especially loved the Introduction to the play by the elderly person. Very different and sets expectations right --- Vai

[bombaymedia]

I'm glad you honored this man. You have to have real passion to dedicate yourself to theatre when it doesn't pay your bills in India. And I really loved the part in the end where the German theatre worker allowed him to smoke!