Michael Madhusudan Dutta
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Noti Binodini belonged to the second wave of native actresses performing on the new form of proscenium theatre in Bengal. This multimedia module includes interviews on early actresses of Calcutta and on Noti Binodini as well as articles on the nineteenth-century stage actresses of Calcutta.
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Introduction
The year was 1884 in colonial Calcutta, the theatre goers were astounded by the performance of a young actor and so were the critics. The play was Chaitanya Lila and the performer was Binodini. The actress played the role of young Chaitanya and it happened to be her most phenomenal…
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A module on Rāmakathā or the story of Rāma one of the most notable South Asian traditions.
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Ramakatha, Love and Valmiki in South Asian Tradition
Rāmakathā or the story of Rāma is one of the most notable South Asian traditions. As R.P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman have described it, it stands for the collectivity of oral, literary, folk, performative and artistic…
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