Balraj Pandit

Balraj Pandit was a well-known Hindi and Punjabi playwright besides being a theatre director, poet, painter and a popular teacher.

His Paanchwan Sawaar (पांचवा सवार) is considered a classic and a significant play of Indian dramaturgy.

[1] Lok Udaasi (ਲੋਕ ਉਦਾਸੀ) in Punjabi was another of his well-known plays besides Biwiyon Ka Madrasa[2] an adaptation of Molière's L'École des Femmes (The School for Wives).

[3] Panditji, as he was fondly called, graduated from National School of Drama, New Delhi in 1969.

He studied theatre under such stalwarts as Ebrahim Alkazi[4] and then after a short stint of teaching in NSD he joined Theatre and Television Department at Punjabi University in Patiala.