Literary Works
Bhisham Sahni's epic work Tamas (Darkness, 1974) is a novel based on the riots of the 1947-48 Partition of India which he witnessed at Rawalpindi. Tamas portrays the terror-stricken Hindu exodus from Muslim majority areas, though the overall theme remained the human-story behind the entire carnage. It has been translated to English, and several Indian languages including Gujarati,Malayalam, Kashmiri, and Manipuri. Tamas won the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award for literature, and was later made into a television film in 1987 by Govind Nihalani. Two of his masterpiece stories 'Chief ki davat' and 'Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai' are also based on the Partition.
Sahni's prolific career as a writer also included five other Hindi novels, over hundred short stories spread over nine collections of short stories, (including Bhagya Rekha (1953), Pahla patha (1956), Bhatakti rakha (1966), and Nischar (1983)); a collection of children's short stories 'Gulal ka khel' and The train has reached Amritsar.
Plays - Hanush (1977)-Staged by theatre director Rajindra Nath and Arvind Gaur(1993),Kabira khara bazar mein(1981)-Many Indian theatre directors like M.K. Raina & Arvind Gaur performed this play, Madhavi (1982)- first Staged by Theatre director Rajendra Nath .later USA trained actress Rashi Bunny perform Madhavi as Solo play,This solo won many Awards in International Theatre Festivals, Muavze (1993)- First performerd by National School of Drama rep.with Bapi Bose.this is a very popular play among theatre groups. Almost every known group performed it.
Autobiography and biography of his brother Balraj Sahni.
Bhisham Sahni also wrote his autobiography "Aaj ke Ateet" (Pasts of the Present), and the biography of his brother Balraj Sahni, "Balraj My Brother," (English).
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