Dr. Vizai Bhaskar Deerghasi

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Dr. D. Vizai Bhaskar is a leading Playwright of Andhra Pradesh, India, and a significant pan-Indian writer of recent times richly contributing to the Indian drama through his works originally written in Telugu and English (by him) and translated into various Indian languages from the southernmost Malayalam to the northern most Manipuri of the peninsula. They received equal applause from all linguistic communities and all sections, testifying the oneness of Indian sensibility, besides bringing them more closely promoting the bonds of fraternity. For him theatre is not a place of entertainment but a place of enlightenment to awaken the under-privileged in the democratic state. Both as a creative writer and as a senior officer in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, he displays the same sense of responsibility and commitment and provides a commendable spirit of intellectual leadership.

The best testimony of such intellectual leadership through creative writing, is the amazing impact his play PULISWARI (Riding the Tiger), staged more than 150 times in the faction-ridden Rayalaseema region where the innocent people belonging to weaker sections are used to serve the selfish interests of the land lords to the extent of laying down their lives. After repeatedly watching this play, the widows of the dead, as the local press informed, burst into tears and demonstrated to stop others from joining the genocide and kill their brethren for others’ pomp. Such kind of instant success, no other writer has achieved in the country,says the press.

Back ground of the Writer: Born in 1958 to humble family in Ampolu village of the most backward Srikakulam District of the Andhra Pradesh, India, he is the first person to community to get higher education as the community as such is traditionally deprived of education and dependent on local farmers for livelihood by way of annual food grains for their customary services to local farmers. His father who had a little awareness of the advantages of education encouraged and supported him, despite several hardships to complete his post graduation. After joining in the State Government Service without relinquishing his academic pursuit, he did his Ph.D. on Bretrolt Brecht, the World renowned German Playwright.

Literary Contribution: He is writer with a Mission and Vision. He has made a rich contribution of 24 plays (18 plays and 6 play lets) with a serious commitment to enlighten the under privileged and oppressed groups in the typically caste oriented Indian society, towards their self-assertion in the democratic setup. Though blessed with poetic talent and published ‘Mounam to Maatalu’ and ‘Mahaa Sunyam’ (The Great Void) a long philosophical poem, he specially chose theatre as his medium, as he considers the form of drama, in his own words, a as the only powerful means of educating people in ‘true sense, while other forms like story, poem etc. tend to become self obsessive. The best testimony of this observation is the great success of ‘Puli Swaari’ mentioned above. His recent play, ‘ Rajigaadu Raajayyadu’ aiming to create a serious self- awareness among the barbers community of how they are being exploited and ill treated despite their indigent, services to society. It is an example of the impact his play has created since it started mobilizing the community to demand for their Shane in the political power. As a Playwright, he is both a realist and idealist. He fervently dreams for an ideal or healthy democratic society. He struggles for the equality of all communities, in terms of their social structure, economic advancement and political empowerment.

He has recently authored a long poem of epical proportion, Kavya by name MAHA SUNYA, a unique philosophical poem on the philosophy of all pervading Sunya, the eternal space which pervades every one and transforms all forms infinitely, leaving the human ignorance to introspect itself. Critics hail it as an incomparable philosophical work, original in perception.