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Center for South Asia Studies University of California, Berkeley presents
a t n u k a i N a lecture-demonstration by
Devendra Sharma
Assistant Professor, California State University-Fresno and practicing performer, writer, and director of Nautanki
titled
“Bringing Back India’s Lost Opera” featuring performances of scenes from
“Sultana Daku”
Nautanki is an operatic performance tradition of northern India which before the advent of ‘Bollywood’, was considered the single most popular form of entertainment for the common village folk. Rooted in the rural society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. “Sultana Daku” is a classic of this genre and it tells in song and dance plus lots of comedy, the story of Sultana, the famous dacoit (thief) of early 20th century India, who lived in the jungles of Uttar Pradesh with his gang of 300 robbers and his lover, Pholkanwar and plagued the agents of a colonial government by robbing from them and giving to the poor.
Friday, April 17 at 6 pm 125 Morrison Hall
Contact 510-642-3608 for further information
a t n u k a i N a lecture-demonstration by
Devendra Sharma
Assistant Professor, California State University-Fresno and practicing performer, writer, and director of Nautanki
titled
“Bringing Back India’s Lost Opera” featuring performances of scenes from
“Sultana Daku”
Nautanki is an operatic performance tradition of northern India which before the advent of ‘Bollywood’, was considered the single most popular form of entertainment for the common village folk. Rooted in the rural society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. “Sultana Daku” is a classic of this genre and it tells in song and dance plus lots of comedy, the story of Sultana, the famous dacoit (thief) of early 20th century India, who lived in the jungles of Uttar Pradesh with his gang of 300 robbers and his lover, Pholkanwar and plagued the agents of a colonial government by robbing from them and giving to the poor.
Friday, April 17 at 6 pm 125 Morrison Hall
Contact 510-642-3608 for further information
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