Mulshankar Mulani

Mulshankar Mulani
Born(1867-11-01)1 November 1867
Died14 December 1957(1957-12-14) (aged 90)
Occupation(s)Playwright, editor
Years active1889–1915
Notable work
  • Ajabkumari (1899, 1912)
  • Saubhagya Sundari (1901)
  • Nandbatrisi (1906)
  • Krishnacharitra (1906)
Parents
  • Harinand (father)
  • Mankunwar (mother)

Mulshankar Harinand Mulani (1 November 1867 – 14 December 1957) was a Gujarati playwright from the Gujarati theatre of India. After working as a village development officer and as an editor with a weekly newspaper, he joined the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali, a theatre company, where he worked as a playwright for decades. He wrote more than fifty plays on social, mythological and historical subjects including commercially or critically successful plays like Rajbeej (1891), Ajabkumari (1899, 1912), Saubhagya Sundari (1901), Nandbatrisi (1906) and Krishnacharitra (1906).