Zaheer Anwar 

PROFESSION - HEAD MASTER, THE PRESIDENCY MUSLIM HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYWRIGHT & CRITIC

COLLECTION OF PLAYS -

1.     ANGARON KA SHAHR (1982)

2.     SALEEB (1985)

3.     NAYE MAUSAM KA PEHLA DIN (1993)

4.     BLACK SUNDAY (2007)

COLLECTED ESSAY ON THEATRE/ DRAMA - DRAMA ART & TECHNIQUE 

COLLECTED TRANSLATION/ ADAPTATION -

• FRANSICI DRAME (1989)
• BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDOPADHAYAY, PUBLISHED BY SAHITYA ACADEMY (1992)

MUSIC - VINTAGE MUSIC FROM INDIA CD (1993)
              (In collaboration with Dr. Peter Manuel, Ethnomusicologist, USA.)

CD – SANGH DHALE (Acting & Voice, 2009)

TARVELOGUE -

• EK-ARZ-E-TAMANNA (1999)
• CHIRAG-E-REHGUZAR (Travelogue of London-2003)

WORKSHOP CONDUCTED -

• SHARJEEL ARTS, KOLKATA
• SPARK THEATRE ACADEMY, KOLKATA
• ISLAMIA HIGH SCHOOL, KOLKATA
• ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH
• BHOOMIKA THEATRE GROUP, MUMBAI
• C.G.W.E.C, PUNE
• STUDENTS OF KOLKATA UNIVERSITY & MAULANA AZAD COLLEGE, KOLKATA

SEMINAR ATTENDED –

• SAHITYA ACADEMY, DELHI
• JAMMU UNIVERSITY
• DELHI UNIVERSITY
• BOMBAY UNIVERSITY
• URDU CONFERENCE, LONDON (2000)
• URDU COMFERENCE LONDON (2001)
• URDU FORUM OF WRITERS ASSOCIATION, CANADA (1994)
• URDU ACADEMY, WEST BENGAL
• URDU THEATRE ACADEMY, KOLKATA
• URDU ACADEMY, NEW DELHI (2003)
• DARJEELING KALA-SADAN
• ANJUMAN JAMHORIAT PASAND MUSANIFIN
• MANAS, NATIONAL LIBRARY, KOLKATA
• SAHITYA ACADEMY, KOLKATA

MAJOR PLAYS STAGED 'N' PUBLISHED –

• INTEZAAR AUR ABHI
• ANGAROON KA SHAHR
• SAHR HONE TAK
• SALEEB
• QAIDI
• SALIM SHERWANI KI SHAADI
• INSAAF
• NAYE MAUSAM KA PEHLA DIN
• NAQQARA
• NEELAMIEK SULTAN KI
• EK ANARCHIST KI ITTEFAQIA MAUT
• BLACK SUNDAY '92
• TEEN AJNABI
• SHAHZADITURANDOT
• CHAHOONGA MAIN TUJHE
• SAMAI KI DHARA
• FEEL BADAN
• RAEN-BASERA

MORE THAN 100 SHOWS OF PLAY –

• BLACK SUNDAY '92 (All over India)
• SALIM SHERWANI KI SHAADI (Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow & Mumbai)

TV PLAY BROADCASTED – KHWABON KA SAVERA (script, direction & acting)

TV SERIAL ACTED –

• GANA DEVTA (SERIAL)
• HELLO POLICE STATION (SERIAL)
• KHWABON KA SAVERA (PLAY)

AWARDS RECEIVED –

• HUM SAB GHALIB AWARD [FOR URDU DRAMA & THEATRE (Ghalib Institute), NEW DELHI (1999)]
• MAULANA ABDUL RAZZAQUE MALIAHABADI AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO URDU LIT. (WEST BENGALURDU ACADEMY 2004)
• U. P. URDU ACADEMY AWARD
• BENGAL URDU ACADEMY AWARD
• BIHAR URDU ACADEMY AWARD
• AWARD  AT RANIGUNJ THEATRE FESTIVAL
• AWARD  AT URDU THEATRE ACADEMY, KOLKATA
• AWARD  AT C. G. W. E. C. PUNE
• BLACK SUNDAY, BEST PLAY & DIRECTION IN STATE LEVEL CONTEST, 1994
• ZULMAT KO ZIA KYA KEHNA (Best play & direction 1998 by West Bengal Urdu Academy)
• LIFE TIME ACHIEVE AWARD IN URDU THEATRE (Muslim Institute, Kolkata)

IMPORTANT CRITICAL PAPERS (LITERATURE & DRAMA) –CRITICAL ESSAYS – URDU JOURNALS IN INDIA & PAKISTAN

• THE AFRO-AMERICAN WRITERS & THEIR LITERARY CONCEPTS
• THE VOYAGE OF SELF IN IQBAL (English)
• FICTION IN BENGAL, TREND & TECHNIQUE (English)
• STRAY THOUGHTS ON THE ART OF TEACHING (English)
• AUDITORY PLAYS
• IMMIGRANT LITERATURE IN CANADA & THEIR IDENTITY
• AGHA HASHR KASHMIRI (English)
• NATIVE ALIEN ENCOUNTER & URDU THEATRE (English)
• ESSAYS ON THE ART & CRAFT OF GHALIB SHANSHU FARUQI, ……………. AMAN DR. KHALED SOHAIL SIDDIQUE ALAM AND OTHERS.

FORTH-COMING PUBLICATIONS –

• CRITICAL ESSAY ON THEATRE
• SHAOOR-O-SUROOR (Critical essay on Literature)
• EK ANARCHIST KIITTEFAQIA MAUT (Play by Dario Fo)
• NEELAMI EK SULTAN KI (Play by Taufique-Al-Hakim)

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT–

• THE MUSLIM INSTITUTE, KOLKATA (1982,1990)
• ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY (1990)
• CENTRAL GOVT. EMPLOYEES WELFARE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE, PUNE (1997)
• DARJEELING KALA-SADAN, GHALIB SEMINAR (1998)

·         ADDRESS:
11, Ahiri Pukur, 1st Lan, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal, India 
Mobile : 98312-60504

·         Contact Person :
Zahir Anwar [Literary Personality] / Khalid Nizam Khan [94483 88899, khalid_friends@aol.in]

·         E-mail : zhr.anwar@gmail.com
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