Awards and Recognition
He was the first recipient of Roopwedh Pratishtan's the Tanvir Award (2004) for lifetime contribution to the theatre. He has received awards including the Padma Shri (1966), the Padma Bhushan (1991), and India's second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan in 2010.
He has also been award twice by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, first we received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction (1962), and the Akademi's highest award the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.
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“I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.”
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