Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav
| Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav शाहजहाँपुर रंग महोत्सव | |
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Shagun Singh Pari receives award at Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav | |
| Genre | Theatre and Dance competition |
| Dates |
Third week of December (16–19 December) |
| Location(s) | Gandhi Bhawan,Shahjahanpur |
| Years active | 2014 – present |
| Founded |
by: ◾ Shamim Azad. ◾ Krishna Kumar Srivastava ◾Sunita Katheriya ◾Sanjay Rathore ◾Saurabh Agnihotri ◾Ajay Mohan Sukla ◾Vineet Regi Singh ◾Arvind Chola ◾Sanjay Donald Singh ◾Ateeq Rehman |
| Patron(s) | Abhivyakti Natya Manch |
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Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav (शाहजहाँपुर रंग महोत्सव) is an Indian theatre and dance competition.More than 30 teams from all over India (20 states) participate in the competition.[1][2][3][4]
Introduction
Organized by Nation’s well known theatre group Abhivyakti Natya Manch,
Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav’ is an All India Theatre and Dance competition that used to be held every year on 16-19th December in Shahjahanpur (UP). It was started in the year 2014. The program is a ‘Cultural Tribute’ to the freedom fighters Pt.Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Thakur Roshan Singh who took birth on the land of Shahjahanpur, they fought with Britishers for the freedom of the nation. On 19th December, 1927 Britishers hanged them to death in the prison of Faizabad as they were found culprit in confiscating the goods of Britishers from train at Kakori Railway Station, that was famous as ‘Kakori Kaand’.[5]
What happens in Mahotsav
In Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav, teams from all over India used to participate that includes UP, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Assam, Manipur, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka. In 2014, total 19 teams participated while in 2015 participation increased to 27 teams. There are different competitions in Dance like:
- 1. Folk Dance (Senior Level, Junior Level- Group/Solo)
- 2. Shastriya Nritya (Senior Level, Junior Level- Group/Solo)
Spectators got the chance to see various forms of dances like Punjabi, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Katthak, Bihu, Odiya and many more. While in theatre competition each team is given 1 hour time to present their play and the team used to be judged by Overall play including Direction, Acting, Script, Light Effects,Music, Coordination, Make Up,Set Design.
Program runs for four days from morning 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. First 3 days i.e
16-18th December, competitive performances happens while last day is the
judgement day. On the last day, a 'RangYatra' used to be organized in the
morning where teams came from across the country get ready in their
traditional wear and covers the distance of approx. 5 km. Rangyatra starts
from Agrasen Bhawan, Shahjahanpur which passes through the main market of
Shahjahanpur and ends at Shaheed Dwar where firstly every team performs for
2 min short act and then they give ‘Shraddhanjali’ on the portraits of
Freedom Fighters. In the evening, special selected dance performances gets
organized following with the Judgement of the competition. To make the
event successful, there are 10 Core members of the organization and 35
dedicated volunteers works whole heartedly throughout the event.[6]
References
- ↑ Raftaar News(Latest Hindi News). "रंग महोत्सव की तैयारियां से शुरू". raftaar.in. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ "rang-mahotsav - Shahjahanpur Hindi News in Hindi - रंग महोत्सव में सर्वश्रेष्ठ नाटक रहा ‘तुगलक’ : Amar Ujala". http://m.amarujala.com. Retrieved 18 February 2016. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ http://news.raftaar.in/shahjahanpur-hindi-news-रंग-महोत्सव-आगाज/detail/b8c261f1283272e6af68b4c7078d7ab7
- ↑ "Shahjahanpur Rang Mahotsav- 2015". allevents.in. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ http://m.amarujala.com//news/shahjahanpur/shahjahanpur-hindi-news/color-festival-is-open-hindi-news/
- ↑ http://www.htsyndication.com/htsportal/article/-Eklavya--wins-major-awards-at--Rang-Mahotsav-/7453011