Plays

Gopal Chhotray

1916–2003playwright (1916–2003)

Girish Karnad

1938–2019playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)

Kusumagraj

1912–1999Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer (1912–1999)

Balwant Gargi

1916–2003dramatist and theatre director (1916-2003)

Bijay Mishra

1936–2020playwright

Chandrashekhara Kambara

b. 1937writer

Manoranjan Das

1923–2013Odia-language writer

Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

1931–2016writer (1931–2016)

Sitanshu Yashaschandra

b. 1941Gujarati poet

Indira Dangi

b. 1980Novelist, Playwright, Short Story Writer

Dharamvir Bharati

1926–1997writer and novelist (1926–1997)

Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar

1930–1976writer

Dhwanil Parekh

b. 1976Gujarati language author

Anand Gandhi

b. 1980film director

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar

1918–2001novelist

Bhisham Sahni

1915–2003writer, playwright, and actor (1915-2003)

H. S. Shivaprakash

b. 1954writer

Kalicharan Pattnaik

1897–1978self resurch

Kiran Nagarkar

1942–2019writer (1942–2019)

Mangharam Udharam Malkani

1896–1980scholar (1896–1980)

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande

1919–2000Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)

Rabilal Tudu

1949–2026Santali language writer

Ramnarayan V. Pathak

1887–1955Gujarati author from India (1887-1955)

Gurajada Apparao

1862–1915Telugu writer and Poet (1862-1915)

Jaishankar Prasad

1889–1937poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature (1889–1937)

Maithili Sharan Gupt

1886–1964poet and one of the pioneers of modern Hindi literature(1886-1964)

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

1883–1966politician (1883–1966)

Atal Bihari Panda

1931–2021actor from Odisha

Bratya Basu

b. 1969academician, dramatist, director, actor and politician

Chandrakant Sheth

1938–2024Gujarati author

Dhiruben Patel

1926–2023writer (1926–2023)

Kavalam Narayana Panicker

1928–2016dramatist, director and poet (1928–2016)

Labhshankar Thakar

1935–2016Gujarati language author from India

Mannu Bhandari

1931–2021writer (1931–2021)

Narendra Kohli

1940–2021author

Ratnakar Matkari

1938–2020actor (1938-2020)

Saumya Joshi

b. 1973Gujarati language poet and dramatist

Vinesh Antani

b. 1946Gujarati writer from India

M. K. Binodini Devi

1922–2011writer

Rajinder Singh Bedi

1915–1984author, director and screenwriter

Syed Abid Husain

1896–1978educator and philosopher (1896-1978)

Daya Prakash Sinha

1935–2025playwright and director

Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak

1921–1966writer (1921-1966)

Devulapalli Krishnasastri

1897–1980writer (1897-1980)

Manav Kaul

b. 1976theatre director, playwright, actor, filmmaker and author

Vedam Venkataraya Sastry

1853–1929writer (1853–1929)

Harihar Mishra

b. 1940Odia-language writer

Bijay Mohanty

1950–2020actor (1950-2020)

Madhu Rye

b. 1942Gujarati author from India

Ritwik Ghatak

1925–1976Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai

1826–1889novelist, poet, civil servant, and author of the first modern Tamil novel (1826–1889)

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

1887–1943lawyer, social reformer and Telugu poet

Narayan Sahu

b. 1955playwright from Odisha, India

Abid Surti

b. 1935author, painter, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter

Adil Mansuri

1936–2008poet (1936-2008)

Anurupa Debi

1882–1958Bengali writer

Anuvab Pal

b. 1976stand up comedian

Asit Kumar Haldar

1890–1964painter of Bengal school (1890-1964)

Baba Kharak Singh

1867–1963playwright and political leader (1867-1963)

Badal Sarkar

1925–2011Dramatist and theatre personality

Balwant Thakur

b. 1960theatre personality and scholar

Balwantray Thakore

1869–1952poet and writer (1869–1952)

Bhanu Bharti

b. 1947playwright and theatre director

Bharat Dave

1948–2021theatre director and dramatist

Bijon Bhattacharya

1917–1978actor (1917-1978)

Biswajit Das

1936–2004Playwright, director (1936-2004)

Brajanath Sarma

1894–1960Assamese actor, playwright and the pioneer of mobile theater of Assam

C. N. Annadurai

1909–1969film writer and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1909-1969)

Chandradhar Barua

1874–1961writer (1874–1961)

Chitra Gajadin

b. 1954author of poetry, drama and prose

Comedian Selvy

1974–2022comedian, actor, playwright, singer, director and producer

Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharyulu

1853–1912Telugu dramatist and playwright

Feroz Abbas Khan

b. 1959theatre and film director, playwright, and screenwriter

Gieve Patel

1940–2023writer and artist (1940–2023)

Gnana Rajasekaran

b. 1953filmmaker

Gnani Sankaran

1954–2018writer (1954-2018)

Gurcharan Das

b. 1943writer

Guru Thakur

writer

Habib Tanvir

1923–2009actor (1923–2009)

Hasmukh Baradi

1938–2017Gujarati playwright

Isabel de Santa Rita Vas

Goan author and playwright

Ishwar Chander Nanda

1892–1965Punjabi Playwright (1892-1965)

Jamyang Norbu

b. 1949Tibetan activist

Janak Dave

b. 1930Gujarati dramatist

Jayant Kaikini

b. 1955poet

Joy Mathew

b. 1951actor and director

Jyoti Mhapsekar

b. 1950award winner

K Y Narayanaswamy

b. 1965writer

Krishan Chander

1914–1977writer (1914–1977)

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

b. 1964writer

M. V. S. Haranatha Rao

1948–2017film writer and actor

Mahesh Champaklal

b. 1951Gujarati dramatist, stage actor and director from India

Manmatha Roy

1899–1988Bengali playwright

Manoj Mitra

1938–2024Bengali Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright

Mukund Parikh

b. 1934Gujarati writer and post from India

Mulshankar Mulani

1867–1957Gujarati playwright from British India

Nabhendu Sen

1944–2008Bengali playwright