JAMMU: Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee and ace Theatre director Mushtaq Kak was awarded by Ashirwad Rangmandal, Begusarai in Bihar on February 1st, 2018 for his outstanding work in the field of Performing arts. Every year, Ashirwad Rangmandal honors best known Theatre personalities for their stupendous execution in performing arts and this year, “Rangkarmi Ramvinay Rang sammaan” – 2017 will be conferred to Mushtaq Kak for his exceptional state of the art work. Kak was given a shawl, memento and Rs 2 lakh cash.
Earlier, Mushtaq Kak has been conferred with numerous awards including “Sangeet Natak Akademi award in year 2015 and his work on the stage as a director is marked by precision in design and his plays unfold in a realistic style, avoiding superfluous elements to concentrate on the sense of the scene and in this process, he creates a production which is unpretentious and neat. Mushtaq Kak has also worked as director in Shri Ram Centre for performing arts for 10 years. He is the only Theatre personality of Jammu and Kashmir who is invited to teach design, direction and act as faculty member several repertory companies across the globe. In addition to this, Mr. Kak is also a significant member of scores of committees.
It is pertinent to mention here that Mushtaq Kak who has directed more than 100 plays in Dogri, Hindi, English and even in Sanskrit at various parts of the country and abroad has attended Global Culture Summit 2017 at Abu Dhabi earlier this year in April 2017, a high-level international summit hosted by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and presented in conjunction with publishers of Foreign Policy Magazine The FP Group, Washington and TCP Ventures, New York which was attended by world’s top creative minds from over 80 countries.