The three Witches from Barnam Vana , the 1979 Hindi version of Macbeth directed by B.V.Karanth

The three Witches from Barnam Vana, the 1979 Hindi version of Macbeth directed by B.V.Karanth.

Shakespearana actor, Utpal Dutt as Othello in 1958 production

Three witches, Kannada Macbeth, Directed by A. Akshara, 1987

Bengali Othello, Little Theatre Group, Calcutta, 1958. Utpal Dutt

(formerly in Shakespeareana) as Othello

Othello and Iago, from the Urdu Othello, directed by Ebrahim Alkazi, NationalSchool of Drama, Delhi, 1969

Habib Tanvir

Habib Tanvir conducting a workshop with participants sharing songs from the heart.

Scenes from Kamdeo ka ApnaBasant Ka Sapna1999, New Delhi,Director Habib Tanvir

Same production 1999(including the next two images)

Kamadeva, the god of love, is very fair and handsome and the best looking among the gods. He carries a bow made of sugarcane and strung with a line of humming bees. He shoots with his bow the five flower-tipped shafts of desire. RATI (passion) his wife and his friend VASANTA (spring), who selects for him the shaft to be used on the current victim accompanies him. Kamadeva's vehicle is the parrot.

Generally described as the son of Lakshmi and Vishnu, he is also said to be the son of Brahma. Surrounded by beautiful nymphs (apsaras), he loves to wander around especially in springtime, loosing his shafts indiscriminately, but with a preference for innocent girls, married women and ascetic sages. Shiva burned him to ashes as punishment for disturbing his deep meditation, but Kamadeva's shaft had gone home and he married Parvati

KAMADEVA –the mythological deity whose name figures in the title and concept of Tanvir’s play.