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| birth_name = Janak Harilal Dave
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'''Janak Harilal Dave''' (b. 14 June 1930) is a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] dramatist, theater actor and drama teacher from [[Gujarat]], India.

==Life==
Dave was born on 14 June 1930 at [[Bhavnagar]] in [[British Raj|British India]], to his father Harilal, and mother, Chaturabahen. He passed his [[matriculation]] in 1955, and worked at a [[preschool]] for seven or eight years. In 1957, he joined the music college affiliated with [[M. S. University]], [[Vadodara]], where he studied [[dramaturgy]] under [[Chandravadan Mehta]] and Jasvant Thaker, earning his bachelors and masters with first class.<ref name="Pandya2015">{{cite book|last=Pandya|first=Pravin|author-link=Pravin Pandya|editor1-last=Desai|editor1-first=Parul Kandarpa|title=ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઇતિહાસ (સ્વાતંત્ર્યોત્તર યુગ - 1)|trans-title=History of Gujarati Literature (Post-Independence Era - 1)|language=gu|date=September 2015|volume=7|publisher=K. L. Study Center, [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]]|location=Ahmedabad|pages=324–325|isbn=978-81-930884-5-6}}</ref>

From 1963 to 1967, he worked as a chair person of drama department at Sangit Natya Bharati, [[Rajkot]]. From 1967 to 1971, he served as lecturer at drama department of [[Panjab University]]. In 1971, he joined [[Gujarat College]], taught drama, and retired from there in 1988 as a head of department.<ref name="Pandya2015"/>

==Works==
Dave is known as a drama teacher, theater actor and playwright. He is a scholar of [[Bhavai]] form (a folk theater form popular mostly in western India). He wrote plays, books on drama-teaching, and translated several books into Gujarati.<ref name="Pandya2015"/>

He wrote ''Aakhri Kasabno Ughad'' (1997) and ''Abhinay Prashikshan'' (2002), which are based on the [[Stanislavski's system|system]] of [[Konstantin Stanislavski]]. His ''Hetulakshi Ekankio'' (2001) contains some original play while some are translated plays. His Bhavai-Vesha (literally different narratives composed in the form of Bhavai) are published as ''Lokranjan Bhavai'' (1988), ''Dehno Dushman'' and ''Veshavansh'' (1998). They are mostly reform-oriented in nature.<ref name="Pandya2015"/>

Dave has also played a significant role in the development of children theater in Gujarati, and has published several books in the field: ''Rangalo Chalyo Farva'' (1989), ''Natak Khele Bal Gopala'' (1997) and ''Balnatya Digdarshan Kala'' (1997). He was popularly known as 'Janak Dada' among children.<ref name="Pandya2015"/>

He received the Gaurav Purakar from the [[Government of Gujarat]] in 1993 for his contribution in drama teaching.<ref name="Pandya2015"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

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