Approaches to acting in Afghanistan between 2001-2021

A play; the play may perhaps be staged without the script, the venue, or any staging; but without the player the game cannot take place. The origin of acting goes back to the first days of human life, when humans were in the first societies. Afghanistan, on the other hand, is one of the countries where the history of theater and cinema dates back to the period of "Amanullah Khan". During this period, theater and cinema first became popular in Afghanistan in its modern form. Filmmaking in Afghanistan spread widely in the twentieth century. After the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the liberation of the media, Afghan cinema and theater resumed its activities. Since 2002, with the help of international cultural organizations, the situation of cinema and theater in Afghanistan has improved somewhat. Afghanistan has hosted many theater artists, filmmakers and documentarians in recent years. This situation led to the emergence of different acting styles in the country and there were developments that gave direction to acting approaches. The purpose of selecting and researching Afghan acting approaches is that there has not been any academic book or research in the Afghan acting industry so far. Therefore, this research is very important and it is thought that it will be a good resource for academic studies in the future. The first part of this thesis starts with the subject of acting approach in Afghanistan until 2001. In addition to talking about the history of acting in Afghanistan, the beginning of contemporary art continues with the construction of the first theater in Afghanistan and the Enlightenment in Afghanistan. It is discussed how his first acting approach was in Afghanistan's first film and first theater. With the arrival of different styles of Afghan and foreign artists to Afghanistan, the transformation of acting took place. The second part starts with acting in Afghanistan after 2001. After Afghanistan went through wars and the black period of the Taliban, with the establishment of the new government, a new generation of artists and actors was formed, influenced by Afghan artists who were active before the war and foreign artists who brought new acting styles in cinema-theatre to Afghanistan. It introduces examples of different styles, styles and activities of influential people in the art of acting. Third part; It analyzes the acting understandings of Afghan films and theaters. In this section, comparisons of theatrical films with neorealism, Stanislavski realism, Brecht, Mikhail Chekhov, Stella Adler, Arian Monushkin methods are made. Keywords: Afghanistan Theatre, Acting, Approaches.