Indian Drama & Theater
Indian Drama & Theater
Theater in India has a copious past with its tradition going back to almost 5000 years. Initiated strictly as a narrative form, Indian theatre gradually encompassed all the popular expression of fine arts into its physical manifestation. Now a day reckoned as an art form to illustrate the unedited realities of life, Indian theatre has witnessed enough alterations through ages.
Forms of Indian theatre unfolds the saga of the journey from eposes to the modern themes.
Indian theatre schools are the professional institutions, teaching the aspired students different forms and techniques of theatre.
The history of Indian theater is therefore the saga of changing tradition and the account of changing ritualism.
Regional theatre in India, in different Indian languages and regions, developed as an important element of Indian culture and tradition.
Indian Drama is one of the oldest forms of art that originated from the epics and Puranas and includes famous plays like Kalidasa’s `Abhigyanam Shakuntalam`.
Personalities in Indian theatre made theatre in India the technique of illustrating the realities of life.
Indian theatre companies slowly became the representatives of the people whilst illustrating their daily life and their voices.
Indian theatre stages represent the glory of theatre as an art form. Since ancient past, these stages have played a key role in the promotion of theatre art in India.