Om Shivpuri

Om Shivpuri was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. Born in Patiala , Om Shivpuri started his career by working at Jalandhar Radio Station, where Sudha Shivpuri (who later became his wife) was working at the time. Later, they joined National School of Drama , New Delhi and were trained under theatre doyen Ebrahim Alkazi . After graduating in 1963, they joined the newly formed NSD Repertory Company as actors.

Om Shivpuri was also the repertory company's first chief and remained so till 1976 when Manohar Singh followed him. Meanwhile, Om Shivpuri and Sudha Shivpuri got married in 1968 and started their own theatre group, Dishantar, which went on to become one of Delhi's pioneering theatre groups, and produced many plays with him as a director, the most important being Aadhe Adhure , a classic Hindi play written by Mohan Rakesh ; Khamosh!

Adalat Jari Hai , Hindi version of Vijay Tendulkar 's Marathi play Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe ( Silence! The Court is in Session ), with his wife Sudha Shivpuri in the lead role; and their most famous production, Girish Karnad 's historical play Tughlaq , which was performed at ridges of Talkatora Gardens, New Delhi.