Great Punjabi playwright and founding father of Punjab Naatshala Jatinder Singh Brar passed away on Saturday following extended illness, leaving in the succor of a rich legacy of lifelong carrier to theatre and artwork. He became 81.
In preserving along with his family, Brar became under treatment at a internal most scientific institution in Amritsar and breathed his closing on Saturday morning.
A Punjab Gaurav awardee and a recipient of diverse other honours, Brar became born true into a rural background, to a father of sturdy principles and a strict temperament.
In the starting up brilliant nothing about the fundamentals of drama, he staged his first play, “Dormitory”, while quiet in college in 1965. After finishing his education, he studied mechanical engineering and wandered in the search of employment. In 1968, he chanced on a job in Batala, Gurdaspur, where he wrote the play “Iron Furnace”, highlighting the depressing stipulations of workers there.
He later give up his job and, while continuing his fight, started working as a combine operator. Forward of this, he had been connected to noted theatre persona Bhai Gurcharan Singh. In 1998, he plan apart 2,250 square yards in Amritsar for Punjab Naatshala theatre, which has ever since been cyber web hosting performs every weekend, turning true into a brilliant hub of cultural bid in the standing.
Brar’s distinguished performs consist of Kudesan, Pasnach, Faslay, Mirch-Masala, Vin Di Dhee, Mirza Sahiba, Agni Pariksha, Vin Bulaye Mehman, File Chal Di Rahi, Toiya, Sabz Bagh, Armaan, Ehsaas, Pehchaan, Ravan Naal Chaat and Saka Jallianwala Bagh.
“His spacious contribution to Punjabi drama and the Punjabi theatre tradition, along along with his warmth and humble persona, will continuously be remembered. Undoubtedly, his everlasting departure has triggered a truly out of the ordinary loss to each Punjabi drama and theatre,” said Satnam Singh Manak, an activist working for promotion of Punjabi culture and India-Pakistan peace.
