Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Radheshyam Kathavachak

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Jun 23, 2012, 2:04:00 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Radheshyam Kathavachak

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+'''Radheshyam Kathavachak, (b. 1890)'''
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+Writer born in Bareilly. Major 1920s Parsee
+theatre playwright, e.g. for New Alfred Co. In
+plays like Shri Krishnavtar (1926), Rukmini
+Mangal (1927) and Shravan Kumar (1928) he
+more or less invented the mythological in its
+familiar Hindi film version, still practised in e.g.
+Sagar’s TV serial, Ramayan (1986-8).
+Established as the most successful playwright
+of his generation with the hit Abhimanyu (New
+Alfred, 1916), whose book was a bestseller. He
+drew upon his strong familial roots in the
+performative traditions of the Ramleela and
+pioneered the mediation of Northern and
+Central Indian folk performances into the later
+mass cultural manifestation of the genre in
+Hindi cinema. Unlike e.g. Betaab, he made
+few claims for classicism beyond that of writing
+in ‘pure’ Hindi (as distinct from Urdu). He
+attempted to link up with the devotional rather
+than with the spectacular and addressed a
+proletarian audience through the publications
+of his Radheshyam Press in Bareilly. Worked
+briefly for Madan Theatres as scenarist and
+songwriter and freelanced often for former
+New Alfred colleagues. His autobiography
+(1957) is considered a classic description of the
+early 20th C. commercial theatre and also gives
+a first-hand description of the Madan film
+factory. Also scripted or wrote lyrics for
+Bhavnani’s Shakuntala (1931), Dhrupad Rai’s
+Shri Satyanarayan (1935), Varma’s Usha
+Haran (1940), Sohrab Modi’s Jhansi Ki Rani
+(1953) and Sharad Desai’s Shravan Kumar
+(1960).
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+[[Writer]]