# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bansi-kaul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:19.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bansi-kaul"
name: "Bansi Kaul"
slug: "bansi-kaul"
description: "Bansi Kaul was an Indian theatre director and the founder of Rang Vidushak, a theatre group in Bhopal. He was a recipient of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honor, in 2014, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995. Some of his notable plays included Aala Afsar, Kahan Kabir, and Sidhi Dar Sidhi urf Tukke pe Tukka. He was a designer and associate show director for the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and also the art director for the 1986 and 1987 Khajuraho Festival."
tagline: "Indian writer and theatre director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bansi_Kaul._Theatre_Director._London.2000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1949-08-23"
deathDate: "2021-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             3.861003861003862
  historical:           5.073614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bansi Kaul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "بانسى كاول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansi_Kaul"
    title: "Bansi Kaul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8C%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "బన్సీ కౌల్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "बंशी कौल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%B2"
    title: "ਬੰਸੀ ਕੌਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4857138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump