jatra
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Foremost among them was Chapal Bhaduri - better known as Chapal Rani - the reigning "queen" of jatra, a travelling theatre tradition that once drew vast, fervent crowds.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Colonial-era urban elites in Calcutta, influenced by European tastes, often dismissed jatra as rustic or unsophisticated.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The very convention that had once sustained jatra began to unravel.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the "moustachioed queens of jatra" were pushed out, writes Roy.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
In Bengal, the form flourished in jatra - a rural, open-air spectacle of music, myth and melodrama that often rivalled cinema in reach, though not in rewards.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
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