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Sushma Seth, a stage, film, and television actor, will receive the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. She will be honored at the award ceremony on March 29 at Kamani Auditorium in the nation’s capital.
The jury members have also been announced: theatre director Amal Allana; theatre and film actress Arundhati Nag; award-winning theatre director Bruce Guthrie; theatre director Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient actor Mohan Agashe; award-winning theatre artist and actor Shernaz Patel; and Sunit Tandon, Director of India Habitat Centre and President of the Delhi Music Society.
The announcements come ahead of the week-long META and Festival, which will take place in the Capital from March 23 to 28, and will feature ten shortlisted plays.
Over 400 entries were received, representing languages such as Assamese, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari, and Tamil.
Sushma Seth, this year’s Lifetime Awardee, began her career in the 1950s and was a founding member of the Delhi-based theatre group Yatrik. Her first film was ‘Junoon’ (1978), and she is best known for her role as ‘dadi’ in the 1980s TV soap ‘Hum Log’.
Jay Shah, Head, Cultural Outreach, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, said, “We are thrilled to confer the META 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award on Sushma Seth, a veteran of the stage who understands the complexity and nuances of theatre and has in fact lived the craft fully through her vast body of work.”
Sanjoy K. Roy, Managing Director, Teamwork Arts & Festival Producer, added, “META 2023 will present awards in 14 categories including the Lifetime Achievement Award. The 13 competitive categories are for Best Play, Best Director, Best Stage Design, Best Light Design, Best Innovative Sound Design, Best Costume Design, Best Actor in a Lead Role (Male), Best Actor in a Lead Role (Female), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female), Best Original Script, Best Ensemble and Best Choreographer.”
Source:OCN
