Subhash Chandra (21 June 1933 – 13 June 2016), better known by his pen name, Mudrarakshas the eminent writer was a Hindi playwright, journalist, activist, thinker and cultural personality and critic from Lucknow, India. He was born in Lucknow in June 1933 and died in the city on 13 June 2016, after illnesses due to old age. Mudrarakshas received his M.A. degree in Hindi from Lucknow University and worked in Kolkata based Gyanodaya Magazine in 1950s. He joined All India Radio, Delhi as a script editor in 1962 and worked there as an instructor till 1976.