Partap Sharma
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12 December 1939 Lahore, Punjab, Undivided India (Now In Pakistan) |
| Died | 30 November 2011 (aged 71) Birmingham, UK |
| Occupation | playwright, novelist, commentator, actor, author of children's books, and documentary filmmaker |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | plays, novels, children's literature |
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Partap Sharma (12 December 1939; Lahore, Pakistan – 30 November 2011; London, UK) was an Indian playwright, novelist, author of books for children, commentator, actor and documentary film-maker from United Kingdom.
Sharma was born in Lahore, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan) and was the oldest son of Dr. Baij Nath Sharma and Dayawati (Pandit) Sharma. Sharma's father was a civil engineer who served as Technical Advisor to governments in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Tanganyika and Libya and later retired to their ancestral property in Punjab as a farmer. This colourful Punjabi village forms much of the backdrop of Sharma's novel, Days of the Turban.
Sharma's early education was in Trinity College, Kandy, Ceylon, and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. Sharma received a triple promotion and completed school at 14 before going to study at St. Xavier's College, Bombay; all other universities in India required a minimum age of 16. He was married to Susan Amanda Pick and they have two daughters: Namrita and Tara Sharma.
Sharma's association with the Indian National Theatre, Mumbai, began in 1961 with the production by it of his first full-length play "Bars Invisible" and continued until the production of the banned "A Touch of Brightness." While working on his writing, Sharma freelanced as a narrator for short films and newsreels and directed a few documentaries for the Government of India. Sharma has voiced many national and international award-winning documentaries and short films. He is the voice on most of the Son et lumière shows produced in India, including the one still running forty years later, at the Delhi Fort, in Delhi. Sharma was the TV host of the popular programme "What's the Good Word?" produced by Television Centre, Mumbai.
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