Chandravadan Mehta Writer

Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta, (Hindi: चंद्रवदन मेहता Gujarati: ચંદ્રવદન મહેતા; April 6, 1901 – 1992), also referred as C. C. Mehta, was a Gujarati playwright, critic, self-writer, poet and travel writer, based in Vadodara. His play Aag Garhi (Fire Engine), about an ailing fireman, marked the rise of amateur theatre movement in Gujarati theatre. Mehta went to write over 25 plays, numerous one act plays and radio plays; then in 1970, he himself translated his most known work, Aag Garhi as Iron Road.He won the 1971 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his travelogue Natya Gathariyan. He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Playwriting in Gujarati in 1971, given by India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. In 1984, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta; Mahetā Candravadana Cimanalāla; Mehta C. C.‏; Mehta Chandravadan Chimanlal‏
Birth date	April 06, 1901
Birth place	Surat , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Ethnicity	Gujarati language
Date of death	January 01, 1992