India boasts of her rich ethnicity amidst the artistry of Indian theater. Indians were always comfortable in expressing themselves through "natya", "rasa", "mudraas" and varied other forms so quite ideally Indian theater right from the age old days of ancient rimes became a form to illustrate and manifest the realisms of life. Although Indian theater has its roots associated deeply with the verve of the ancient Vedic ritualism yet it is in the medieval era with the introduction of the "Traditional Indian Theater", Indian drama further gained that maturity. For the very first time the varied mythological and eposes of the Sanskrit drama was rather rationalized; slowly theater in India became an expression to reflect the "unedited realities" of life in the most expressive way.

Although traditional Indian theater became the reflection of ideas, thoughts, voices and vibes of the common people yet the conventional and classical elements were still there. Gradually this established facet of Indian traditional theater gained a colored contour amidst the local and folk forms of Indian theater.

In traditional theater ancient customs, age-old traditions and classical improvisations are ideally mingled to offer a rather contemporary tinge to Indian drama. The thematic development of Indian "natya" amidst the artistic techniques of Swang, Raasleela, Nautanki, Jatra, Ankia Naat, Tamasha are therefore clearly reflected in the growth and development of the traditional Indian theater. The antique mores and the primordial ethnicity therefore did play an important role in the traditional Indian theater whilst delineating its distinct form, which was typically an illustration that was rather larger than life. While the living traditions did occupy an important place in Indian theater, it is the very natural flow of the living system, art forms and the ideals like fellow feelings; brotherhood further reshaped the form of traditional Indian theater. Song happens to be an important element in Indian society hence gradually it became the most dominant theme of the traditional Indian theater form. Bit by bit monologue, dialogue, song, timber, music and dance all became an integral part of the traditional Indian theater form Traditional music became the means of expression and creativity therefore carved out a niche in the traditional Indian "natya" which has its roots deeply associated with ancient Indian culture, traditions, mores and conventional Indian lifestyle. With the classical art form it is the very harmonious blend of sorrow, joy, love and all the realisms of life that later made the traditional Indian theater a typical art form to stand apart amidst crowd.