History
Although the founder of this institution Sir Syed Ahmad Khan has initiated a Drama Troup of MAO College in 1886, but the University Drama Club (UDC) was permanently established in the year 1966 in the Kennedy House. Earlier the interested students and different cultural societies of halls of residence, had seldom staged different production in Strachey Hall and Maris Hall. But after the completion of Kennedy Auditorium, and creation of General Education Centre, a new era of theatre had started in these beautiful buildings of Kennedy House under the patronage of some of the stalwarts like, Prof Muneebur Rehman, Prof Sajda Zaidi, Prof Zahida Zaidi, Prof Zauqi, Prof Gurudas Bhattacharya, Prof Habib Rasool, Mr. Iftekhar Alam Khan, Prof M. A. Alvi to name a few.
Some of the best known productions of this Drama Club are, Julius Caesar, Uncle Mania, Agra Bazaar, Kitab ka Kafan, Ek tha Ghulam, Darwaze Khol do, Shatranj ke Mohre, Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai, Naya Tamasha, Sakharam Binder, Rang Nagri, Panchhi Aise Aate Hain, The Bear, Inspector Matadeen Chaand Per, Bhanwar, Khander, Raah, Zero Hours, Toba Tek Singh, Batwara, Chaddi Pahen ke Phool Khila Hai, Marte Dam Tak, Chacha Chakkan, Khoobsurat Bala, Pagla Ghoda, Aseer-e-Hirs, Karbal Katha, Begum ki Billi, Aiyen ek Akhat, Amanat, Big B, Letter to Gandhi, Taj Mahel ka Udghatan, Aao Kahani Kahein, Laal Basta, besides productions of countless skits, mimicries, mono acting and mimes.
University Drama Club has produced some well known artists of stage, film and television like:
- Habeeb Tanvir
- Qadir Ali Baig
- Irfan Panjatan
- Surekha Seekri
- Rehman
- Iftekhar
- Begum Para
- Nigar Sultana
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Dilip Tahil
- Wassem Ullah Khan
- Basha Ahmad
- Asifuzzaman Khan
- Abu Qamar Siddiqui
- Abdul Aleem Khan
- Amir Abbas
- Parvaiz Alam
- Afroz Taaj
- Anees Ahmad
- Sarwar Raees
- Maqbool Mehmood
- Zoya Zaidi
- Arif Rizvi
- Saleem Shah
- Riaz Mehdi
- Siraj Mehdi
- Faisal Ali Khan
- Irfan Khan
- Mujeeb Khan
- Imraan Khan
- Anubhav Sinha
- Iqbal Khan
- Sayeed Alam
- Shafiur Rahman
- F. S. Sherani
- Mujeeb Akhtar
- Mujeeb Jalali
- Mohammad Azam
- Mujeebur Rahman
- Salim Jalali
- Kashif Khan
- Farrukh Rehan Khan
- Dawar Husain
- Asrar Ahmad
- Madiurrehman Suhaib Sherwani
- Yousuf Jamal
- Nasir Bilgirami
- Suhail Naqvi
- Appal Singh
- Rahat Ali Khan
- Imran Rasheed
- Yasir Khan
- Naseem Ashraf
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Romana Israr
- Seemi Hasan
- Qazi Suhaib Khalid
- Zaman Habib
- Madih-ur-rahman Suhaib Sherwani
- Zafar Khan
- Faraz Haider
- Fazal Waris Khan
- S. Mohtashim Reza
- Arman Rasool Faridi
- Ishrat Jameel
- M Aslam
- Kamraan Khursheed
- Asad Alvi
- Meraj Ahmad
- Arshad Khan
- Navaid Aslam
- Obaidur Rehman
- Syed Mohammad Naved
- Asif Syed
- Mateeb Imam
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Mohd. Khaleeque
- Inayat Ullah
- Ankit Malik
- Talha Abbasi
- Amit Kumar Singh
- Ahmad Omair
- Faisal Jameel
- Zameer Ahmad
President
on 7th July 2020, Prof. Vibha Sharma was appointed as President of University Drama Club in which she did remarkable work with her dedication, passion and tireless efforts. Prof. Vibha Sharma is Professor in the Department of English, AMU. Her areas of specialization and interest are Literary Theory, Modern Drama and Postcolonial Studies, Theatre Studies, Translation Studies, and Cultural Studies. She is a Visiting Faculty to Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. She contributed to the Asian Theatre Encyclopedia published from the UK.
Secretary (2022-2023)
Mr. Adnan Khurram
Activities
- One act play
- Skit
- Mono Acting
- Stand up comedy
- Story telling
- Full length play
- Mime
- Monologue
- Mimicry
- Street play
Key Achievements
- Won Best Skit Award in 1984 in Jan Natya Manch competition held in Allahabad.
- Won National Championship in Theatre Art in All India theater festival, “Nazranae Awadh” 27th Oct 1986. The Play “Bhanwar” has bagged three awards, Best play,Best Director (Shafiurrahman khan), Best Actor (Mujeeb Jalali), Best Writer (F S Sherani).
- All India One Act Play Competition “Nazrana E awadh 1987″, Best Actor award Mujeeb Akhtar for the play Raah.
- Won accolades for the play Raah in Nazranae Awadh 12th to 16th November 1987 at Ravindralay Lucknow (U.P).
- The Same play Bhanwar was recorded and telecast by the Doordarshan on 27 Oct 1987. The first ever play recorded and aired from AMU.
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Won, North Zone championship in the North Zone Youth Festival, organized by Associations of Indian Universities (AIU) New Delhi on 24th Nov 1987.
- Winners of All India One Act competition ” Sharad Utsav at Nainital in 1988 Best play Award Bhanwar , Best Actor Award to Saleem Jalali.
- Recorded and Aired on All India Radio, A Radio Play “Na Khuda” in 26th September 1988. The first Radio Play recorded by the University Drama Club. Broadcast on 29th November 1988.
- Declared National Champion in the National Youth Festival at Akola (Maharashtra) on 29 Jan 1988. This youth festival was organized by AIU. AMU Drama Club has presented Short Play Bhanwar, Skit Naye Kiran, and a pantomime Piped Piper.
- All India One Act Play Nazrana E awadh 1989″, Best Play award for the play ” Bhanwar”Best Director Shafiur Rahman Khan.
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Won Best Actor Jury Mention award in Josh Vihangam 2014 in all India theatre fest held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Performed play “Pagla Ghoda” in a realistic form for the first time in the history of UDC at CEC lawn in march 2016.
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Performed two different Pento – Mime in 44th North Zone VC Meet.
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Won 3rd prize in skit ‘Democracy’ at 31st North Zone Youth Fest organised by AIU held at Ludhiana Agriculture University, Ludhiana.
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Performed a street play at “Rang Mohatsav-2016” an International Theatre Fest organised by National School of Drama, New Delhi.
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Won 3rd Best Production for the play ‘Lal Basta’ in “Josh Vihangam” 2016, an all India Theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Won Best Director in “Josh Vihangam” 2016, an all India theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Won Best Script in “Josh Vihangam” 2016 an all India theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia. New Delhi.
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Drama club Perform his first ticketed show in Sri Ram Centre of play Karbal Katha in 2016.
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Got invitation to perform a full length play ‘Karbal Katha at Ghalib Institute, New Delhi in 2015.
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Won 3rd Prize in skit ‘Museum 2050’ in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2010 held at Jhansi.
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Won Consolation Prize in skit ‘Aishwarya Rai..Aai Hai!’ in National Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2005 held at Nagpur.
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Won 3rd Prize in play ‘Ek Koshish’ in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2005, Rohtak.
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Got invitation to perform two plays; Bhanwar at Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2004.
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Performing at Rajkiya Krishi Udyog Pradarshini on a regular basis since 2004.
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Won 3rd Prize in skit in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2003 held at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi.
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Got special invitation from Universities Grants Commission to perform ‘Aishwarya Rai..Aai Hai!’ in its Golden Jubilee Celebration in 2003.
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Won 2rd Prize in mime in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2001.
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Won 1st Prize in mime in National Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2001 held Banaras.
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Won 2rd Prize in skit in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2000 held at Rohtak.
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Won 3rd Prize in mimicry in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2000 held at Rohtak.
Theatre Championship – North Zone Championship in theatrical Event in North Zone Youth Festival organized by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi in 1987 followed by National Championship at Akola (Maharashtra) for the play ‘Bhanwar’, Skit ‘Nayi Kiran’ & Mime ‘Pied Piper’. Written by Dr F S Sherani & Directed by Dr Shafi ur Rahman Khan.
The club won the 1987 North zone championship, and the 1988 National championship at Akola, Maharashtra. Again in 1988, it won the national championship ‘Nazarene Awadh’, at Lucknow.
Khurram Zuberi, a member of UDC was selected to represent India in the Indian festival in Russia.
Past Secretaries
- Mr. Sharifur Rahman : 1966-1967
- Mr. Dawar Faheem : 1967-1968
- Mr. Maqbool Mahmood : 1968-1969
- Mr. Abu-qamar-Siddiqui : 1969-1970
- Mr. Humayun Kamal : 1970-1971
- Mr. Riaz Mehdi : 1971-1972
- Mr. Manzar Jamal Siddiqui : 1972-1973
- Mr. Amir Abbas : 1973-1974
- Mr. Afroz Taj : 1974-1975
- Mr. Iqbal Ahmad : 1975-1976
- Mr. Asif Naqvi (joint secretary) : 1975-1976
- Mr. Parvez Alam : 1976-1977
- Mr. Anis Ahmad Khan : 1977-1978
- Mr. Siraj Mehdi : 1978-1979
- Miss. Saba Naheed : 1979-1980
- Mr. Qaiser Jamal : 1980-1981
- Mr. Shafi-ur-Rahman : 1985-1988
- Mr. F.S. Sherani : 1988-1989
- Mr. Ali Mohtishim Raza : 1989-1990
- Mr. Kamran Khursheed : 1990-1991
- Mr. Fazal Waris Khan : 1991-1992
- Mr. Badiuz Zaman : 1992-1993
- Mr. Anwar Aqeel : 1993-1994
- Mr. Ahmad Ashraf Babu (E.P.) : 1994-1995
- Mr. Arman Rasool Afridi : 1995-1996
- Mr. Zafar Khan : 1996-1997
- Mr. Tabir Kalam : 1997-1998
- Mr. S. Akbar Jameel : 1998-1999
- Mr. Jamal Waris Khan : 1999-2000
- Mr. Amjad Ali Khan : 2000-2001
- Mr. Rahat Ali Khan : 2001-2002
- Mr. Faraz Haider : 2003-2004
- Mr. Mohammad Johaid : 2004-2005
- Mr. Naved Khan : 2005-2006
- Mr. Meraj Ahmad : 2006-2007
- Mr. Burhan Uddin Shibli : 2007-2008
- Mr. Faraz Siddique : 2009-2010
- Mr. Mohd. Nadeem Khan : 2010-2011
- Mr. Asif Parvez : 2011-2012
- Mr. Faiz Ahmad : 2012-2013
- Mr. Arij Kidwai : 2013-2014
- Mr. Shahrukh Khan : 2014-2015 (Student Convener)
- Mr. Ankit Malik : 2015-2016
- Mr. Mohd. Talha Abbasi : 2016-2017
- Mr. S. Jafar Hasnain : 2017-2018
- Ms. Razia Khanam : 2018-2019
- Mr. Siraj Alam : 2019-2020
- Syed Shahbaz Haider Naqvi : 2021-2022 (Student Convener)
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