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Drama is a literary work. It is to be enacted on the stage. Indian Drama is based on the folk tradition, religious, rituals, and cultural elements. Mahesh Dattani was born in Bangalore in 7 August 1958. He has given a new approach to the Indian theatre. Always he has taken the invisible issues from society, to portray the reality of life through in his drama. Gender issues, Generation gap, Domination, Social issues, and Traditional values are some of the favourite subject with him. Dance Like A Man is a stage play in two acts. In play, Jairaj and Ratna began to be living with Amritlal. He was a father of Jairaj. He has controlled over the family. He disliked his son to be a dancer. It was the ambition of Jairaj. Jairaj pursues his heart desire becomes a good dancer. But Amritlal does not allow and he always supports to traditional values. Withal the play, Amritlal and Jairaj appears to be living in the different worlds. The play deals between three generations. In this play, Dattani examines human relationships and weakness framed by the age-old battle between tradition and youthful rebellion. Gender issues have been focused by Dattani in this play through the mirror of psychological ones, but the highlight is more on the family relationships.

Gender Issues, Generation Gap, Social Issues, and Domination

"A DELINEATION OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES : A STUDY IN MAHESH DATTANI’S DANCE LIKE A MAN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.709-712, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906392.pdf

"A DELINEATION OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES : A STUDY IN MAHESH DATTANI’S DANCE LIKE A MAN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp709-712, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906392.pdf