Question

Who among the following are Lighting Designers ?
A. Tapas Sen
B. V. Ramamurthi
C. Suresh Bhardwaj
D. Sanjay Upadhyay
E. Bhaskar Chandravalkar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

• A. A, B, C Only
• B. B, C, D Only
• C. C, D, E Only
• D. D, E, A Only

Hint:

Think of Tapas Sen as the grandfather of Indian stage lighting design. His work laid the technical path for subsequent designers like V. Ramamurthi.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Concept: Stagecraft design demands deep technical expertise. Lighting designers specialize in using color gels, illumination angles, shadows, and consoles to define temporal, psychological, and spatial realities on a physical stage.

Step 1: Filtering lighting technicians from other departments.
Evaluating the primary vocational fields of the options:
• Tapas Sen is widely revered as a legendary pioneer of lighting design in Indian theatre, known for creating mind-boggling realistic lighting illusions (like moving trains or collapsing coal mines).
• V. Ramamurthi is a highly decorated master of theatrical lighting design who designed sets and lights for top-tier pan-Indian productions.
• Suresh Bhardwaj is a seasoned professor and lighting expert from the National School of Drama (NSD) with vast contributions to technical theatre education.
• Sanjay Upadhyay is primarily renowned as a theatre music composer and director, while Bhaskar Chandavarkar (spelled Chandravalkar here) was a legendary music composer. This filters out the music directors and locks A, B, and C as the core group of technical lighting designers, which is Option (1).