Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry

{{short description|Indian theatre artist}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

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| name = Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry

| image = A still of Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre - Direction by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|df=y|1950|4|14}}

| birth_place = Amritsar

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| nationality = Indian

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| spouse = Pushvinder Singh Chowdhry

| known_for =

| occupation = Theatre Director

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Dr. Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry (born 14 April 1951) is a Chandigarh-based theatre artist{{Cite web|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1005&at=2|title=CUR_TITLE|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=2020-02-29}}{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/neelam-mansingh-chowdhry-humble-achiever|title=Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry: A humble achiever|last=Pendyala|first=AuthorSweta|website=Telangana Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-29}} who has worked around the world.{{Citation|title=Nitin Sawhney on Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBF6ko5w7P4|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}} She was awarded the 2003 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Theatre Direction category.{{cite web|url=http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/Neelam-Mansingh-Chowdhry|title=Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry – Nagamandala|date=20 November 2009|access-date=11 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323124216/http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/Neelam-Mansingh-Chowdhry|archive-date=23 March 2012}} She was the recipient of the 2011 Padma Shri Award.{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/128-people-conferred-with-padma-awards/141505-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128113709/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/128-people-conferred-with-padma-awards/141505-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 January 2011|title=128 people conferred with Padma awards|date=25 January 2011|publisher=CNN-IBN|access-date=11 September 2011}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/neelam-mansingh/article5534050.ece|title=Neelam Mansingh|date=2014-01-03|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} She is Professor Emeritus at Punjab University.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/there-are-no-shortcuts-to-being-an-artiste-says-thespian-neelam-man-singh-chowdhary/|title='There are no shortcuts to being an artiste', says thespian Neelam Man Singh Chowdhary|date=2016-01-04|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-29}} Her well-known plays include Kitchen Katha,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19991025-neelam-man-singh-chaudhary-performs-kitchen-katha-at-chandigarhs-rock-garden-781741-1999-10-25|title=Neelam Man Singh Chaudhary performs Kitchen Katha at Chandigarh's Rock Garden|author=RAMESH VINAYAK |date=October 25, 1999 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}{{Cite book|last=Dharwadker|first=Aparna Bhargava|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&q=kitchen+katha++neelam+mansingh&pg=PA117|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947|date=November 2009|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-1-58729-642-0|language=en}} The Suit,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-play-never-ends/298567/|title=The Play Never Ends - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2020-02-29}} Yerma,{{Cite book|last=Dharwadker|first=Aparna Bhargava|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&q=yerma+neelam+mansingh&pg=PA118|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947|date=November 2009|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-1-58729-642-0|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Ray|first=Bharati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=142HAwAAQBAJ&q=yerma+neelam+mansingh&pg=PA491|title=Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods|date=2005-09-15|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-0264-9|language=en}} Nagamandala,{{Cite news|last=G|first=D.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/Of-snakes-and-women/article11089497.ece|title=Of snakes and women|date=2014-10-30|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} The Mad Woman of Chaillot,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19950715-neelam-man-singh-chowdhrys-french-play-in-punjabi-to-be-staged-at-festival-davignon-807515-1995-07-15|title=Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry's French play in Punjabi to be staged at Festival D'Avignon|date=July 15, 1995 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}{{Cite book|last=Liu|first=Siyuan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VeFCwAAQBAJ&q=madwoman+of+chaillot+neelam+mansingh&pg=PT492|title=Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre|date=2016-02-05|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27885-6|language=en}} Little Eyolf, Bitter Fruit,{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/vivacity/method-to-madness.html|title=Method to madness|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}} Naked Voices,{{Cite news|last=Ravi|first=S.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/testing-the-truths/article19559515.ece|title=Testing the truths|date=2017-08-25|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite book|last1=Brayshaw|first1=Teresa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2GlDwAAQBAJ&q=naked+voices+neelam+mansingh&pg=PT870|title=The Twenty-First Century Performance Reader|last2=Fenemore|first2=Anna|last3=Witts|first3=Noel|date=2019-07-23|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-01188-3|language=en}} Stree Patra{{Cite news|last=Anima|first=P.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Seen-by-scene/article14943244.ece|title=Seen by scene|date=2011-03-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} and Gumm Hai.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/of-love-loss-and-longing-5896080/|title=Of Love, Loss and Longing|date=2019-08-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-29}}