| Indian Theatre |
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Indian Theatre has a history of more than 5000 years. The first treatise the Natya Shastra, was written by Bharat Muni around between 2nd century BC and 4th century AD. Indian Theatre started as a narrative form that is reciting, singing and dancing becoming the integral part of the theatre. The emphasis on narrative elements made it more theatrica...
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| Elements of Drama |
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Elements of Drama is one of the important aspects of drama and Theatre. The elements involve: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action or Plot; Characters; Language; Music; and Spectacle. Since plays are written with the intention of performance, the reader of the play must use her imagination to enact the play as she reads it. Indian drama and theatre have...
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| Marathi Theatre |
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Marathi Drama & Theatre is always considered important in Indian drama after the Bengali Dramas. Marathi theatre rose in full swing in Poona and Mumbai, with the inception of dramas by Vishnupath Bhave.There were many experimental plays, which were written in such a way, that they rationalized the old medieval performance. This led to the formati...
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| Prithvi Theatre |
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One of Mumbai`s famous theatres, the Prithvi Theatre belongs to the Kapoor clan, one of the most influential actor/director families in Bollywood. This theatre is dedicated to the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor.Dedicated to encouraging professional theatre, Prithvi Theatre has made a conscious decision to keep its theatre rent down. Since that tim...
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| Alyque Padamsee |
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A man of many talents - Alyque Padamsee is also known as the Ad Guru of India. He is responsible for revolutionizing the advertising scene of India. This legendary Indian theater personality has played Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film Gandhi. A creator of many memorable projects in the arena of theatre and advertising, he started his stage performan...
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| Bengali Theatre |
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Theatre in Bengal developed as a protest against the British Raj. The seed of contemporaneousness, which was sown back in the British era, gained a rather articulate contour in the hands of the famous Bengali theatre personalities like Girish Ghosh. The famous stages in Bengali theatre still bears this rich history of Indian Natya so very expressiv...
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| Indian Puppet Theatre |
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Puppetry or the puppet theater is one of the ancient forms of entertainment in India. Although primarily it is used as a form of entertainment; yet its importance in conveying significant meaning cannot be denied. Indian Puppet Theater developed not only as an art form but also as an effort of conveying a lot whilst uttering actually nothing. Indi...
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