To observe the 2nd death anniversary of a renowned theatre artist Alakhnandan, various noted playwrights of the city came together to give a tribute to him. Here on Monday, a discussion on the personality and the works of Alakhnandanwas held at Antrang Hall Bharat Bhavan.
Playwrights like Alok Chhatterjee, Javed Zaidi and Anand Sinha threw light on the personality of Alakhnandan and how he did developments and contributed in the field of art and theater.
Alok Chhatterjee said, “Alakhnandan is one of those personalities who took their work really seriously and with a lot of passion.” Elaborating more about Alakhnandan, Chhatterjee said, “Alakhnandanji, was also a very knowledgeable person. He knew every bit of literature whether in Hindi or English he always remained very enthusiastic to read and work on it. He has also created various theatre artists who have reached a grand level today.” While sharing few personal experiences, Chhatterjee also informed that Alakhnandan felt really uneasy from crowd. “He was never comfortable in crowd and so he used keep himself away from people,” said Chhatterjee.
On the other hand, Javed Zaidi highlighted about Alakhnandan’s work and his style of working as a theatre artist. Javed also shared his experiences with Alakhnandan. Zaidi said, “Today’s theatre persona does not have that essence of creating magic on stage the essence of creating magic on stage the way Alkhnandanji had.”