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Bengal offers Rs.1 crore grant for theatre, folk artistes

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 09:14

Coming to the aid of financially distressed theatre and folk artistes of the state, the West Bengal government Friday announced a grant of around Rs.1 crore to select performers and groups.

Bengal offers Rs.1 crore grant for theatre, folk artistes

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 09:49

Coming to the aid of financially distressed theatre and folk artistes of the state, the West Bengal government Friday announced a grant of around Rs.1 crore to select performers and groups.

Goa`s `Tiatr` set to become high-ticket entertainment

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 11:12

Goa`s oldest form of theatre, Tiatr is all set to become an expensive affair with production houses deciding to increase the ticket prices for this folk drama owing to rising inflation.

Sounds of India echo - thanks to folk music fests

Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 08:47

From the interiors of India to soirees big and small in urban centres, India`s folk musicians are going places and getting increasingly new audiences. And giving them the much-needed platform are folk music festivals in centres as varied as Mussoorie and Mumbai.

11 generations on, Murra Lala keeps Gujarati folk alive

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 18:02

His elders devoted themselves to folk and sufi music in Gujarat, and musician Murra Lala Fafal is determined to keep the family tradition alive by passing it on to his children and taking the inherited talent across the country.

Rashtrapati Bhavan comes alive with folk, fusion dances

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 09:36

Artists from the Republic Day Parade tableaux performed again before President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday, this time at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

New music revolution from India`s margins

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 09:44

More women from little known village communities using folk music as a legitimate grassroots voice - and are being heard across the country and abroad.

Cultural troupes from across country participate in Intl.folk dance festival in HP

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 14:22

Cultural troupes from across India participated in an International folk Dance festival in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, to promote and preserve the region`s traditional folk dances.

Maharashtra CM to inaugurate women`s folk art convention

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 19:26

Aiming to propagate the message of women`s empowerment, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will inaugurate the second two-day All India Women`s Folk Art Convention here on October 22.

Folk singer killed in clash

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 16:58

A folk singer Ramsagar Rai was killed following clash between two rival groups at Terasia village in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Saturday, police said.

Bollywood going gaga over `lavani` numbers

Last Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 13:14

After raunchy item numbers, Bollywood actresses seem to be enamoured with `lavani`, a Maharashtrian folk dance.

Pakistani folk singer dead

Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012, 11:39

Pakistani folk singer Naseem Akhtar has died at the age of 55, a media report said Monday.