Assamese theatre - Revision history

Jyoti: /* The Bhryaman Theatre companies of Assam */

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‎The Bhryaman Theatre companies of Assam

Pdewan: /* SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS */

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‎SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS

Pdewan: /* SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS */

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‎SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS

Pdewan: /* SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS */

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‎SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS

Pdewan at 13:58, 24 April 2023

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Pdewan: /* The 21st century */

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‎The 21st century

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‎The 21st century

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‎The 1800s

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 ====Ban Theatre, Tezpur====
 The first modern Assamese theatre hall, the Ban Theatre, was established in the year 1906.Many of the great modern Assamese dramas of Rupkunwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Natasurya Phani Sarma, were first staged here. The tradition continues till today.
 = Mobile Theatre: 2011-2012=

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 The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.
 == SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS==
-The list below is based on what is available on the Internet. Further details may kindly be sent to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]
+The list below is based on what is available on the Internet. Further details, especially CORRECTIONS,  may kindly be sent to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]
 [[Category:India|TASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
 ASSAMESE THEATRE]]
 [[Category:Theatre|AASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
 ASSAMESE THEATRE]]

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 The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.
 == SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS==
-this list is based on what is available on the Internet. Further details may kindly be sent to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]
+The list below is based on what is available on the Internet. Further details may kindly be sent to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]
 [[Category:India|TASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
 ASSAMESE THEATRE]]
 [[Category:Theatre|AASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
 ASSAMESE THEATRE]]

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 The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.
 == SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS==
+this list is based on what is available on the Internet. Further details may kindly be sent to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]
 [[Category:India|TASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
 ASSAMESE THEATRE]]
 [[Category:Theatre|AASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
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 [[File: A scene from an Assamese play3.jpg| A scene from an Assamese play, c.2010/ 3 <br/> From [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/ETNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETM%2F2010%2F05%2F02&GZ=T&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar01200&AppName=1 '' The Times of India ''] |frame|500px]]
-Though this is an extremely detailed page, Indpaedia’s volunteers feel that ''' the work is only half done. ''' Assamese theatre is such a big cultural phenomenon in India that its history deserves to be recorded in much greater detail.
+If theatre- lovers in Assam feel that this page is serving a useful purpose<br/>
-Details that need to preserved include:
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 i) A year-wise list of the most important plays of each year: major commercial and critical successes as well as famous flops— a brief synopsis and the name of the playwright (plus, if possible, the names of its first director, theatre company and famous actors);
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 Such information may please be sent by readers and theatre companies as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Links to published articles will be more authentic than original text written by non-experts.
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 [[Baharul Islam ]]
 [[Seagull Theatre, Assam]]

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	The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.		The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.
		+	== SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS==
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		+	[[Category:India\|TASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
		+	ASSAMESE THEATRE]]
		+	[[Category:Theatre\|AASSAMESE THEATREASSAMESE THEATRE
		+	ASSAMESE THEATRE]]

−	~~== SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS~~
	==2000==		==2000==

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	The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.		The present trend, in keeping with the rest of the country, is to use local folk and traditional forms. The interface of theatre with cinema has also created some star performers, notably Phani Sarma, and creative directors like Dulal Roy, etc.
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		+	== SOME SIGNIFICANT 21ST CENTURY PLAYS
		+	==2000==
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		+	'''Sonitkuwari''' directed by Bhaben Das
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		+	'''Rupkatha''' directed by Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia
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		+	==2001==
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		+	'''Amar Prithibi''' directed by Ramen Roy Choudhury
		+
		+	'''Sonar Harin''' directed by Naren Das
		+
		+	==2002==
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		+	'''Ei Kolijar Majat Jui''' directed by Dulal Roy
		+
		+	'''Banhimai''' directed by Jagdish Sharma
		+
		+	==2003==
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		+	'''Titas Ekti Nadir Naam''' directed by Sankar Dasgupta
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		+	'''Rang Pather Rang''' directed by Dr. Anil Saikia
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		+	==2004==
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		+	'''Eti Mrityu Na Howa''' directed by Nip Barua
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		+	'''Nohabatu Naam Dwar''' directed by Pranjal Saikia
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		+	==2005==
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		+	'''Yugantaar''' directed by Ratan Thiyam
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		+	'''Hridayar Prithibi''' directed by Jayanta Das
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		+	==2006==
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		+	'''Arunachal Yatra''' directed by Sitanath Lahkar
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		+	'''Bhaona''' directed by Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia
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		+	==2007==
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		+	'''Sankardeva''' directed by Kanhailal and Sabitri Heisnam
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		+	'''Sonali Torali''' directed by Homen Barua
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		+	==2008==
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		+	'''Bisharjan''' directed by Pranjal Saikia
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		+	'''Mukti''' directed by Abhijit Bhattacharjee
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		+	==2009==
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		+	'''Uroniya Mon''' directed by Dulal Roy
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		+	'''Rajrath''' directed by Abhijit Bhattacharjee
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		+	==2010==
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		+	'''The Tempest''' directed by Padma Shri Heisnam Kanhailal
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		+	'''Helen of Troy''' directed by Homen Barua
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		+	==2011==
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		+	'''Bhaona: The Mirror of the Universe''' directed by Anup Hazarika
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		+	'''Banikanta Kakati''' directed by Homen Barua
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		+	==2012==
		+
		+	'''Kirtanar Ekhon Kobi''' directed by Jadav Das
		+
		+	'''Phulari''' directed by Sanjeev Hazorika
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		+	==2013==
		+
		+	'''KolaGuru''' directed by Hiren Bhattacharya
		+
		+	'''Phera''' directed by Suman Kumar
		+
		+	==2014==
		+
		+	'''Karengar Ligiri''' directed by Padma Shri Heisnam Kanhailal
		+
		+	'''Madhabdev''' directed by Ranjit Sarma
		+
		+	==2015==
		+
		+	'''Antar Yaatra''' directed by Bhaswati Sarma
		+
		+	'''Bajikar''' directed by Dr. Ashim Kumar Bhattacharjee
		+
		+	==2016==
		+
		+	'''Banbibi''' directed by Bhaskar Hazarika
		+
		+	'''Padma''' directed by Niranjan Goswami
		+
		+	==2017==
		+
		+	'''Gossai Gojiram''' directed by Ratna Ojah
		+
		+	'''Maniram Dewan''' directed by Hemen Das
		+
		+	==2018==
		+
		+	'''Agonabhumi''' directed by Samudra Gupta Kashyap
		+
		+	'''Tajmahal Ka Tender''' directed by Ajit Das
		+
		+	==2019==
		+
		+	'''Majuli''' directed by Pranjal Saikia
		+
		+	'''Akou Edin''' directed by Biswa Roy
		+
		+	==2020==
		+
		+	'''Aaro Bhaona''' directed by Kamal Lochan Bhattacharjee
		+
		+	[[Category:India\|TASSAMESE THEATRE
		+	ASSAMESE THEATRE]]
		+	[[Category:Theatre\|AASSAMESE THEATRE
		+	ASSAMESE THEATRE]]

	=Bhraymaman theatre=		=Bhraymaman theatre=

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 Ankia Naataks were performed only by men, even the female characters were enacted by male actors till 1949.  [This was an all-India phenomenon. In many parts of India female actors entered only in the 1960s and 1970s, and in others even later.] ([https://www.assamtimes.org/node/10954   Anuj Kumar Boruah| Ram Bijoy in the Capital | Mon, 26/05/2014])
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 In 1875, Theatre of a Western mould, with proscenium stage and Anglo-European dramatic structure, made its first appearance at Guwahati. This was forty-nine years after the British annexation of Assam. English education and exposure to Bengali theatre during higher studies at Calcutta inspired new generation Assamese in the late nineteenth century to launch theatre in their own language, which became instantly popular and in no time swayed all of Assam. Initially, performances were held on temporarily erected stages. But permanent structures came up in the 1890s and by the second decade of the twentieth century, all the district and sub divisional towns, including a few semi-urban places, had at least one theatre. However, it was neither daily, nor weekly, nor even monthly fare. Usually plays were performed during festivals or important occasions or just for the pleasure of putting up a show. Till this day, apart from the recent touring repertory companies known as Bhramyaman Mancha i.e. `mobile theatre`, no group performs daily or weekly on a regular basis. This happened in spite of the fact that a few made unsuccessful attempts previously. Yet shows take place almost daily in the cultural capital, Guwahati, by one group or the other.
 Although proscenium theatre arrived in 1875, modern playwriting commenced eighteen years earlier. The first play, Gunabhiram Barua`s Ram-Navami i.e. a festival dedicated to Rama on widow remarriage, was written in 1857. The next, Kania kirtan i.e. `Kirtan to Opium` in 1861, was a satire on opium addiction by Hemchandra Barua. Rudra Ram Bordoloi wrote a social farce, Bongal-bongalani or `Bengali Couple` in 1871-2, satirizing lascivious concubines and promiscuous women who married non-Assamese outsiders. However, there is no documentation whether these texts were staged. Neither is it known for certain with which play Assamese theatre raised its curtain. The first mythological drama, Sita haran i.e. `Stealing Sita by Rama Kanta Chaudhury, came in 1875. With two exceptions, all ten or twelve plays written later in the nineteenth century belonged to this genre. The presumption that the first staged Assamese drama was mythological may stand confirmed by a gazette notification of four shows of Ramabhishek i.e. Rama`s Coronation, from 15 May 1875, though this earliest available record does not mention if it was the first-ever production. Bhaona was the most popular traditional Assamese form of that time. This usually drew its plots from mythological sources like the Mahabharata, Ramayana, and the Puranas. It was perhaps natural in the transition from traditional theatre to the new variety to retain the content. Mythological drama dominated till about 1920, though it survived till the 1940s, as in Atulchandra Hazarika`s plays.
 ==1900-1930==
 In the beginning of 20th Century the playhouses were came to the towns and the new audiences demanded new types of plays. Jyotiprasad Agarwal was the father of modern theatre of Assam. He wrote the romantic play Sonit Kuwari, the character Usha and Anirudha are still popular in Assam. Another play Joymati by Padmanath Gohai Baruah has a historical contribution to the Assamese theatre. The plays in this period based on social problems. The trend of mythological-historical play was gradually become to realistic and social. In seventies some different type of plays performed was a huge success. Some of them are Samayar Sankat by Munin Sharma, Sri Nibaran Bhattacharya by Arun Sharma etc.. An Important aspect was the one-act play. Birinchi Kumar Baruah, Satya Prasad Baruah, Bhabebdra Nath Saikia is some of the noted personalities in this field. ([http://online.assam.gov.in/web/guest/artcultureofassam?webContentId=107747   Assam.gov])

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	iii) The songs of Assamese plays are another cultural phenomenon that needs to be written about and memories preserved.		iii) The songs of Assamese plays are another cultural phenomenon that needs to be written about and memories preserved.
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		+	iv) Old photographs, old posters.

	Such information may please be sent by readers and theatre companies as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Links to published articles will be more authentic than original text written by non-experts.		Such information may please be sent by readers and theatre companies as messages to the Facebook community, [http://www.facebook.com/Indpaedia Indpaedia.com]. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Links to published articles will be more authentic than original text written by non-experts.