Known forPlaywright, performer and theatre-maker
Life1887–1971
RegionSaran and the Bhojpuri region
Bhikhari Thakur built theatre from the language, music, humour and tensions of the Bhojpuri world. Migration, caste, gender, family conflict and social change entered performance through memorable characters and songs.
Calling him a “Shakespeare of Bhojpuri” can obscure more than it reveals. His own theatrical ecology deserves to be understood on its terms.
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