Pragji Dosa

FULL NAME: PRAGJI JAMNADAS DOSSA. TELEPHONE: 2494 8039 / 2496 2469 DATE OF BIRTH: 7TH OCTOBER, 1907. PLACE OF BIRTH: MUMBAI. EDUCATION: Inter Arts. PROFESSION: PLAYWRIGHT, FILM WRITER, ACTOR, JOURNALIST, T.V. & RADIO Plays Writer. MOTHER: Monghibai. WIFE: Premkuvar. CHILDREN: Nayana, Madhav & Leela. THEATRE: Wrote Over 130 Full Length Plays, Over 200 One-Act Plays, Over 180 Plays for Children, 10 Dance Ballets. 1 Pantomime: “ALIBABA & 40 THIEVES”. PRIZES: 3 Full Length Plays got FIRST PRIZE – 1955,1956 & 1959, 3 Full Length Plays got SECOND PRIZE – 1957, 1959, 1961 in Bombay/ Maharashtra State Drama Competitions. 3 Children’s Plays received FIRST PRIZE – 1982, 1983 & 1984 in Gujarat/ Maharashtra State Children’s Drama Competitions.. 1 Children’s Play received THIRD PRIZE and 1 Chiildren’s Play was awarded BEST AUTHOR’S PRIZE in Gujarat State Drama Competitions. RADIO: Play ‘BOLTA PATTHAR’ was broadcast in NATIONAL PROGRAMME of All India Radio in 14 LANGUAGES. (Dts. 22-11-1973 & 26-08-1982). Over 300 Plays Broadcast from Mumbai, Baroda, Surat, Ahmedabad, Kutchh , other Cities of India and Nairobi (East Africa). HONOURS YEAR PRESENTED. 1) Halai Bhatia Mahajan GOLD MEDAL. 1961. 2) SOVIET LAND NEHRU AWARD JOUNALISTIC PRIZE by the hands of then PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, SMT. INDIRA GANDHI. 1966. 3) Honoured during 225th Show of his Marathi translated Play “SWAYAMSIDDHA” presided by Film Producer-Director-Actor SHRI SOHRAB MODI & Chief Guests “Jhansi Ki Rani fame Actress SMT. MEHTAB BANU & Marathi Theatre Best Actor SHRI KESHAVRAO DATE. 1970. 4) NARMAD GOLD MEDAL from NARMAD SAHITYA SABHA, SURAT, for my Play “GHARNO DIWO”. 1976. 5) ALL INDIA RADIO GOLDEN JUBILEE MEMENTO by the hands of then PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, SHRI MORARJI DESAI 1977. I was ASSOCIATED WITH A.I.R. from the year 1930 as a SINGER, & then as a PLAYWRIGHT. 6) WORLD THEATRE DAY AWARD from Triveni, Baroda. 1978. 7) Gujarati Drama 125 Years’ Centenary Celebration TROPHY. 1979.

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GUJARATI

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