Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry

Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry (born 14 April 1951) is an Indian theatre artist based in Chandigarh. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 and the Padma Shri Award in 2011. She is serving as a Professor Emeritus at Panjab University.

Early life Neelam was born in 1950 and grew up in Amritsar, Punjab. She finished her Master's degree in art history from the Punjab University, Chandigarh. She graduated from the National School of Drama in Delhi in 1975 and trained under Ebrahim Alkazi. In 1980, she had her first child, Angad Singh Chowdhry, and in 1985, she had her second child, Kabir Singh Chowdhry. Works Her well-known plays include Kitchen Katha, The Suit, Yerma, Nagamandala, The Mad Woman of Chaillot, Little Eyolf, Bitter Fruit, Naked Voices, Stree Patra and Gumm Hai.