Lushin Dubey

Lushin Dubey
Occupation(s)stage actor and director
RelativesLilette Dubey (sister)
Neha Dubey (niece)
Ira Dubey (niece)
Websitelushindubey.com

Lushin Dubey is an Indian stage actor and director. She has directed, acted and scripted many drama productions for over 20 years.[1] Lushin is also known for her solo plays like Untitled[2][3] and Pinki Virani's Bitter Chocolate with theatre director Arvind Gaur.[4][5] She has acted in films like Partition (2007), Murder Unveiled (2005) — for which she won 2006 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[citation needed] — and Perfect Husband.

Personal life

Lushin was born in a Sindhi Hindu family and her maiden name was Lushin Keswani. Her father, Govind Keswani, was an engineer with the Indian Railways, and her mother, Leela, was a gynaecologist who worked with the Indian Army. She was named by her father after the Russian aircraft Ilyushin.[6][7]

Lushin studied M.Sc. in Childhood and Special Education in the US, after a Masters in History from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), University of Delhi, India.

Lushin is married and has two daughters, Ilina and Tara. Her sister Lillete and niece Ira are also actresses. She also has a brother named Patanjali. Her husband Pradeep Dubey is a Professor of Economics at Stony Brook University and adjunct professor at Yale. In her college days she acted with Barry John.

Theatre

Lushin's first solo play was called Untitled which was directed and scripted by Arvind Gaur, traveled to the US, UK and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Untitled has completed more than 200 shows.[citation needed] Some of the cities have been Boston, Chicago, Rochester, New York, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., and Palo Alto. It has been staged at the Smithsonian Institution and at Harvard.[8]

Her second solo Bitter Chocolate is based on Pinki Virani's book and scripted-directed by Arvind Gaur.[9]

Lushin Dubey's third solo I Will Not Cry is scripted and directed by Arvind Gaur.[10] This play is an exceptional blend of theatre and multimedia, highlighting the issue of child survival through satire, reality and music excerpts. It brings alive the sad truth of millions of unnecessary deaths of children in India. The performance by Lushin Dubey evokes collective responsibility among the audience to be a part of social change. The play has been performed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Lucknow in collaboration of Save The Children.[citation needed]

Her fourth solo play with Theatre director Arvind Gaur is 'Aruna's Story' based on Pinki Virani's book on Aruna Shanbaug case. Gaur scripted it as solo play.[11][12]

She has directed the play Life of Gautam Budda, Mushkan. She acted with Alyque Padamsee in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. In 2009 she directed Salam India, a play inspired by diplomat writer Pavan K. Varma's very well-received book, Being Indian.[13]

Filmography

Title Role
2003 The Perfect Husband
2005 Amu Meera Sehgal
2005 Socha Na Tha
2005 Murder Unveiled (TV) Kuldeep Samra
2007 Partition Mumtaz Khan
2011 Delhi Belly Sonia's mother
2013 Rangrezz Rati Chaturvedi
2016 Saat Uchakkey Sona's mother
2016 Mantra Meenakshi Kapoor

TV serials

Awards

  • Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, 2006[14]
  • Karmaveer Puraskaar Noble Laureates, 2009
  • Radha Krishna Award for her contribution to Delhi’s art & culture,2009[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Basu, Arundhati (7 January 2006). "Playing their parts: Lushin and Ilina Dubey share a deep bond, both onstage and off". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2006.
  2. ^ Chitra Parayath (6 April 2003). "Untitled solo at Marlboro, New England". lokvani(Public Voice). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ^ Saumya Ancheri (16 April 2010). "A woman scorned". Time Out Mumbai. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  4. ^ Drama critic (7 January 2004). "An unspoken bitter truth". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  5. ^ Shalini Umachandran (12 September 2004). "It happens here too". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Lillete's world". The Hindu (Metro Plus). 16 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Lillete Dubey: The drama of life". The Times of India (Delhi Times). 26 May 2002.
  8. ^ "Celebrate Women's Day with UNTITLED". MTG editorial. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  9. ^ Drama critic (7 January 2004). "Nobody's Child". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  10. ^ Shailaja Tripathi (23 November 2011). "The play's the thing." The Hindu. Delhi,India. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  11. ^ Pratyush Patra. "Aruna Shanbaug's story retold on stage". The Times of India. Delhi,India. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  12. ^ Shikha Jain (21 October 2018). "Aruna's Story: She was no less a martyr who sparked progressive change". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  13. ^ "SALAAM INDIA". MTG editorial. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  14. ^ "Theatre is the father of films and neither is poor cousin of other: Lushin Dubey". The New Indian Express.