MAHESH DHATTANI'S :TARA ( A CRITICAL ANANYLSIS OF THE PLAY WITH DETAILED SUMMARY)
MAHESH DHTTANI'S : TARA INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAY THIS A PLAY COMPOSED BY MAHESH DHATTANI AN ACTOR,A DIRECTOR,PLAYWRIGHT AND A SCREENPLAY WRITER . DHATTANI WAS BORN IN BANGALORE ON AUGUST 1958. EDUCTED AT BALDWIN'S HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN HISTORY ,ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM ST. Joseph's college of art and sciences. WORKED AS A COPYWRITER IN AN ADVERTISING FIRM SUBSEQUENTLY WITH HIS FATHER IN BUSINESS.DATTANI HAS WON SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD FOR HIS PLAYS. THIS PLAY WAS FIRST PERFORMED AS TWINKLE TARA T CHOWDIAH MEMORIAL HALL BANGALORE ,ON OCTOBER 23 ,1990 BY DHATTANI'S PLAYPEN PERFORMING ARTS GROUP. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED BY TARA AT SOPHIA BHABHA HALL BY THEATRE GROUP. BOMBAY ON NOVEMBER 9, 1991 AND DIECTED BY ALYUE PADAMSEE. TARA CENTRE ON THE EMOTIONAL SEPARATION THAT GROWS BETWEEN TWO CONJOINED TWINS FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY THAT THEIR PHYSICAL SEPARATION WAS MANIPULATED BY THEIR MOTHE...