Sekhar Das

A globetrotter, Das was associated with a travelogue program for a TV channel for nearly three years as a presenter, writer and director.

While working for an insurance company, Das lost interest in cinema and concentrated in theatre arts.

He produced and directed plays which included Sophocles' Oedipus, Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, Tagore's Visarjan (The Sacrifice), Tasher Desh (The Land of Cards), Rather Rashi (The Rope of the Chariot), Jean-Paul Sartre's Condemned of Altona, Arrabal's Picnique in the Battlefield, Dario Foe's Can't Pay, Won't Pay, Athol Fugard's Road to Mecca and Arnold Weskar's trilogy.

From 1997 to 2000, Das wrote for television programs and directed short films and long videos.

He adapted four plays of Anton Chekhov, (Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, Cherry Orchard) for Television.