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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 ...
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.
Harishchandra and Vishvamitra Raja Ravi Varma, Harishchandra and Taramati. In the Puranas, Harishchandra is the son of Trishanku. The Vishnu Purana mentions him, but does not describe his life in detail. The Markandeya Purana contains a detailed legend about his life, narrated by wise birds to the sage Jaimini.
Harishchandra accepts the offering but before he could start the cremation, the lord Vishnu (the supreme God in Hinduism), Indra (the lord of heaven in Hinduism) and several Hindu deities along with the sage Vishwamitra manifest themselves and praise Harishchandra for his perseverance and steadfastness. They bring Harishchandra's son back to life.
Savitri pleads with Yama, as Satyavan lies on her lap. Lithograph by Raja Ravi Varma.. The childless king of the Madra Kingdom, Ashvapati, engaged in penance for eighteen years and offered a hundred thousand oblations to propitiate Savitri, a consort of Brahma. [4]
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 ...
Bharatendu Harishchandra (9 September 1850 – 6 January 1885) was an Indian poet, writer, and playwright. He authored several dramas , life sketches , and travel accounts , using new media such as reports, publications, letters to editors of publications, translations, and literary works to shape public opinion.
Harishchandra (also listed as Satya Harischandra) is a 1951 Indian Nepali-language film based on the story of the legendary king Harischandra from Hindu mythology. [1] [2] It was directed by Sangh Rathi and produced by T. P. Chaurasia and S. P. Mookherji under the "Bihar National Movietone" banner on the initiative of D. B. Pariyar in Kolkata and Darjeeling, India.