Theatre & Dance: Special Series; Anish Ankur

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Dec 6, 1999

SPECIAL SERIES

Anish Ankur, 26
Director-Activist

CAUSE CELEBRE
By now, many would be out of breath. Anish Ankur has performed over 5,000 street theatre shows, acted in 10 stage plays and directed runs of eight of them. The boy-man who calls Marxist theories a "sharp weapon" is now a major organiser, performer and director.

His themes are varied: from Bertolt Brecht's stark anti-fascist rant to a critique of the Babri demolition, Anish will showcase them all. Performing at his base in Patna as well as deep in Chhotanagpur. It's really all the mathematics graduate has done since 1989 when he joined a left-leaning cultural group called the Prerna Janavadi Sanskritik Morcha.

Anish is obsessed with taking issues "to the masses". So when he leads a protest play about how we should not make a farce of official celebrations like the 50th anniversary two years ago, take him at face value. He has a cause. It's about meaning well.

-Sanjay Kumar Jha

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