Fact Sheet

NARMAD: MARI HAKIKAT
A milestone in Gujarati theatre
A one-man drama based on the life, literature and writings of the 19th century.
Gujarati poet, patriot, pioneer prose writer and social reformer known as
Narmadashankar Labhshankar Dave
NARMAD
- Play runs for about 1 hour 45 minutes without intermission.
- 22 scenes depict Narmad's life from the day he starts writing his Autobiography.
- The Play is entirely based on the writings by and about Narmad.
- The play has been reviewed more than 112 times by Newspapers and Magazines.
- The first Gujarati play produced in USA and performed in USA, India, UK and France.

English version of NARMAD premiered on Sept. 7th, in Dayton (Ohio) USA

Artist	Chandrakant Shah
Music Directors	Ajit Sheth / Kshemu Divetia
Singers	Bhupinder, Nirupama Sheth, Kshemu Divetia, Vibha Desai, Suresh Shah, Pravin Joshi
Manager	KK Chhantbaar
Costumes	Shruti Mehta, Maganlal Dresswala
Sets	Chell - Paresh
Lights	Kamal Patel
Make - Up	P. Arvindkumar
Video Operation	Mutthuswami

Archival material and references provided by Dr. Ramesh Shukla, Dr. Arun Tikekar, Paresh Daru, Tarak Mehta, Raghuveer Chaudhari, Narmad Yugavart Trust, Gov't of Gujarat.
1997 / 98 Gujarat tour sponsered by Ministry of Information, Gov't of Gujarat.
1996 and 1997 (April) tour sponsored by Kalagurjari (Mumbai).
- Narmad was first to introduce many literary forms in Gujarati in 1860s.
- Now he becomes the first Gujarati writer to be on the Internet in 1990s.
- http://www.narmad.com