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Hassan Kashmiri—Lucknow’s playwright of yesteryears
Meet Our Unsung Heroes
Meet Ghulam Hassan Kashmiri …an unsung hero from Lucknow whose ancestors had settled in 18th century when Nawab of Awadh Asaf-ud-Daulah shifted base from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775 and made the city his capital. While shifting his Capital, the Nawab had settled a large group of Kashmiris-both Hindus and Muslims in Lucknow.
Ghulam Hassan Kashmiri belonged to that Kashmiri Muslim family who too had moved to Lucknow and got settled around Kashmiri Mohalla where Kashmiri Pandit families also set foot on Lucknow’s Soil during the same period.
An able actor and an ace drama artist, Ghulam Hassan Kashmiri was engaged with the drama unit of All India Radio’s Lucknow Station since its inauguration on April 2, 1938. Hassan Kashmiri had an ability and art of writing and producing radio plays as well.
Theatre Personality
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