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Nautanki is one of the most popular folk performance forms of South Asia, particularly in northern India. Before the advent of Bollywood (the Hindi film industry), Nautanki was the biggest entertainment medium in the villages and towns of northern India. Nautanki's rich musical compositions and humorous, entertaining storylines hold a strong ...
Nautanki Saala! (transl. Dramatic scamp!) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rohan Sippy, [2] starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur along with Pooja Salvi, Evelyn Sharma and Gaelyn Mendonca. [3] [4] Abhishek Bachchan appears in a cameo role, continuing his association with the director. [5]
Ramdayal Sharma is an Indian Nautanki artist. He is also a singer, composer and teacher. He is also a singer, composer and teacher. In 2022, he was awarded Padma Shri , and in 2015, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Indian Government for his contribution in Arts .
Natharam Sharma Gaur (1874 – 1943) was a writer and artist of Nautanki (North India's operatic theatre) plays of Indarman Akhara of Hathras in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] [2] Nautanki drama was larger than life. The predecessor to Bollywood extravaganzas, it was the world full of glamor, glitz, and pure fantasy.
Indian folk dances, [1] which typically consist of a few simple steps, are performed throughout the world to celebrate a new season, childbirth, weddings, festivals, and other social occasions.
Chhands are also used extensively in the Nautanki dance-drama tradition of the region, especially in the alha chhand or bir chhand formats. [2] A typical Punjabi wedding chhand might extol the mother- and father-in-law, for instance this one, which says the groom holds them in the same esteem as his own parents -
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Early development of modern Hindi theatre can be traced to the work of Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850–1885), a theatre actor, director, manager, and playwright based in Varanasi (Banaras), who is also the father of modern Hindi literature as in his short life of 35 years, he edited two magazines, Kavi vachan Sudha and Harishchandra chandrika, wrote numerous volumes of verse in Braj bhasa ...