Indian writers have given a special identity to the literature of India with their pens, whose debt will always be to Indians. And this debt can be completed or repaid only when every citizen of India is familiar with Indian literature. Rather why only in India, the best literature of India should be read in the whole world. In which there is a unique combination of emotions. Indian literature is so big and powerful that it can make even the toughest person cry. And by shaking the soul of a gentleman, he can infuse courage in him.
Some such works have been given to the world of theater by these writers with their unique pens. While staging these plays the actor has not only become great, but the theater has also become strong and capable.
Both the ink of the pen and the blood of Indian litterateurs are involved in taking Indian theater to the heights.
A list of some such selected authors is given below. But a writer has no caste from anyone, so no one is above or below anyone. Every writer has his own identity and that is important.
These playwrights have taken Indian literature to the top with the beauty of their pens. Indian literature has a distinct identity. All the feelings of love, anger, fear, happiness, etc are the beauty of Indian literature. Sometimes the journey of the imaginary world and sometimes the statement that tells the reality of the society has always been the beauty of Indian literature. (Best Playwrights of India)
Below is a list of some such writers. Here all the authors have their own identities. So it is very difficult to say who is on top in literature or who has more world. Apart from literature, he has given a new identity to Indian theater and has made theater a medium to reach people.
You should read these authors. And all or all of his works should be read. Then you will see that after reading you will feel a sense of inner peace and a unique light all around you.
Below you have given the list of best Indian playwrights.
“Kālidāsa ( Peried-57 BCE Vikramaditya Empire)”
>Classical Sanskrit writer,greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language of India.
“Shudraka (200 AD – 251 AD)”
>Indian king and Sanskrit playwright.
“Bhāsa (200 AD – 300 AD)”
>This is one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit.
“Bharatendu Harishchandra (9 September 1850 – 6 January 1885)”
> Indian writer, father of modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre.
“Hunsur Krishnamurthy (9 February 1914 – 13 February 1989)”
>Indian playwright, film director, producer, actor, screenwriter and lyricist in Kannada cinema.
“Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889 – 15 November 1937)”
>Famed figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre.
“Chandrashekhara Kambara (Kannada,born 2 January 1937)”
>This is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director.
“Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019)”
>Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright.
“Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (6 January 1928 – 19 May 2008)”
>Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist.
“Mahesh Dattani (Born 7 August 1958)”
>Indian director, actor, playwright and writer.
“Badal Sircar (15 July 1925 – 13 May 2011)”
>Influential Indian dramatist, playwright and theatre director.
“Rabindranath Tagore ( 7 may 1861-7 Aug 1941)”
>Bengali poet, writer, music composer, and painter.
“Mohan Rakesh (8 January 1925-3 January 1972)”
>Novelist, playwright.
“Satyadev Dubey (13 July 1936 – 25 December 2011)”
>Indian theatre director, actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film actor and director.
“Swadesh Deepak (Born 1943)”
>This is an Indian playwright, novelist and short-story writer.
“Ratan Thiyam (Born 20 January 1948)”
>This is an Indian playwright and theatre director.
“Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)”
>Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor.
“Kailasam Balachander (9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014)”
>Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry.
“Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993)”
>Indian poet and scholar of Indian literature.
“P. L. Narayana (10 September 1935 – 3 November 1998)”
>Indian Telugu film actor, dialogue writer, and playwright.
“Mahesh Elkunchwar (Born 9 October 1939)”
>This is an Indian playwright, screenplay writer and actor.
“Shiv K. Kumar( 16 August 1921- 1 March 2017)”
>Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
“Satish Vasant Alekar (Born 30 January 1949)”
>This is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director
“Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)”
>Indian writer in Bengali and an activist.
“Manjula Padmanabhan (born 1953)”
>Playwright, journalist, comic strip artist.
“Adya Rangacharya (26 September 1904 – 17 October 1984)”
>Indian Kannada writer, actor.
“Thyagaraja Paramasiva Iyer Kailasam, (29 July 1884-1946)”
>Playwright and prominent writer of Kannada literature.
“Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari (17 November 1938 – 17 May 2020)”
>Marathi writer, movie and play producer/director.
“Michael Madhusudan Dutt (25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873)”
>Bengali poet, writer and dramatist. He was a pioneer of Bengali drama.
“Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003)”
>Indian writer, playwright and actor.
“Jagdish Chandra Mathur (16 July 1917 – 14 May 1978)”
>Hindi playwright and writer.
“Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (20 March 1922– 31 January 2000)”
>Marathi playwright and novelist.
“Jagdish Chandra Mathur (16 July 1917 – 14 May 1978)”
>Hindi playwright and writer.
“Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1914–1987)”
>Gujarati Parsi playwright, actor, director.
“Datta Bhagat (born 13 June 1945)”
>Indian Marathi playwright.
