Nautanki as a Performative Art Form of North India

Abstract

In entire north India, Nautanki was the most popular entertainment art before arrival of Cinema. The most popular centres of this traditional theatre form are Kanpur, Lucknow and Haathras. Nautanki dramas were fine-tuned; its protagonists were highly skilled. Few props were used, yet actors created forests, rivers, battles and royal courts by the sorcery of their art. In contemporary times, the street plays resemble to Nautanki. Nautanki stories range from mythological and folk tales to stories of contemporary heroes. This popular art from has now dwindled and its existence is in threat, It was a part of education. Nobody read Raja Harishchandra but everybody knew it. Therefore, Nautanki is the most powerful medium in the world; hence, it should be provided means to keep the art alive.

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