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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.