Son Chirayia organised “Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra” (Nautanki) by The Great Gulab Theatre at the AMN Ghosh Auditorium here recently. The play received a good response from the Dehradun audience ...

Socially relevant topics, new lyrics are some of the things these actors are incorporating in the traditional art form to keep it from dying. Nautanki is normally associated with cheap entertainment ...

It was modern day play of Raja Harishchandra. Speaking truth is one of the virtues taught in schools today. But today s modern and practical world has no place for it. And the first name that strikes ...

Harishchandra was a legendary ruler, mentioned in ancient Hindu scriptures and celebrated in Indian folklore. He was known as a king who valued honesty above all else. He never told a lie. He never ...

In Dhundiraj Govind Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra (1913), the titular king gives away his kingdom, his wife, and his belongings to fulfill a promise made to the sage Vishwamitra. In the biopic ...

We think we know the story of King Harishchandra, a ruler who was generous, honourable and truthful to a fault, whose principles led him to lose everything he had. But we have never read or heard the ...

3 May 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of Indian cinema. It was on this day a century ago that audiences were captivated by scenes like this from the country's first silent film - Raja Harishchandra.