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Folk Artist Ram Chandra Manjhi Passes Away

08 Sep 2022

The doyen of Bhojpuri folk theatre art “Launda Naach” and legendary artist Ram Chandra Manjhi passed away on 7th September 2022.

Manjhi was born in a riverine village Tujarpur in the Nagra block of Saran district in Bihar.
He was an oldest member of a troupe of great folk artist and Bhojpuri poet with the sobriquet “Shakespeare of Bhojpuri” Bhikhari Thakur.
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017 and was awarded Padma Shri in 2021.

Launda Naach

The Launda Naach is a prominent Bhojpuri folk art of Bihar comprising songs, dance, comedy, satire, parody and theatre.
In this art, men impersonate women wearing sari, blouse, long hair wig during the performance.