Abstract: Mahesh Dattani, one of the exponents of modern Indian English drama, a renowned Sixty one year old playwright from Bangalore is often compared to Henrik Ibsen and Tennes¬see Williams in his practice of stagecraft, has given a fresh lease of life to Indian drama in English along with Gieve Patel, Shashi Tharoor, Uma Parameswaran and Manjula Padmanabhan. He frequently takes as his subject the complicated dynamics of the modern urban family. His characters struggle for some kind of freedom and happiness under the weight of tradition, cultural constructions of gender, and repressed desire. The present paper is an attempt to highlight Mahesh Dattani’s plays in the present scenario of Indian people and their lifestyle with different themes. His plays depict the struggle between individual and the society. Key Words : Drama, theatre, feminism, society, culture, gender, nature.