Names SAFDAR HASHMI Date of Birth April 12, 1954 Date of Death January 02, 1989 Identity Indian Communist Playwright, Actor, Director, Lyricist, and Theorist Special Achievements / Events He was a symbol of cultural resistance against authoritarianism. Founding member of Jana Natya Manch (People's Theatre Front; JANAM for short) in 1973 Master painter M F Husain joined the million-dollar club with his painting on Safdar Hashmi going under the hammer for over $1 million.   Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS), a Non-governmental organization from Lucknow has been awarding the Safdar Hashmi award for Human Rights in reverence to his contributions to the cause of Human rights. He was brutally murdered in Delhi while performing a street play, Halla Bol.

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