Kala Mandali

16/08/2026

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Ministry of Culture, Government of India

हमारे अतिथि प्रतिभा सिंह (जानी मा...

16/08/2026

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हमारे अतिथि प्रतिभा सिंह (जानी मा...

18/07/2026

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21/02/2026

Biskohar ki Vasantsena acknowledges the historical and continuing presence of women artists within India’s performative cultures—particularly those whose contributions have been celebrated aesthetically yet marginalized socially. Their participation in this work is neither symbolic nor peripheral; it is integral to the dramaturgy, expanding the performance vocabulary while reclaiming artistic space with dignity, agency, and respect.
Rooted in poetry and lived experience, Biskohar ki Vasantsena is an offering to the unnamed and often unrecorded artists whose voices have shaped our cultural inheritance. The production invites audiences into a journey of listening—through rhythm, gesture, movement, and silence—to histories that remain alive within collective memory. Through music, dance, narration, and ensemble theatre, the work repositions the courtesan not as an object of gaze, but as a bearer of knowledge, emotion, and cultural continuity.

21/02/2026

Biskohar ki Vasantsena acknowledges the historical and continuing presence of women artists within India’s performative cultures—particularly those whose contributions have been celebrated aesthetically yet marginalized socially. Their participation in this work is neither symbolic nor peripheral; it is integral to the dramaturgy, expanding the performance vocabulary while reclaiming artistic space with dignity, agency, and respect.
Rooted in poetry and lived experience, Biskohar ki Vasantsena is an offering to the unnamed and often unrecorded artists whose voices have shaped our cultural inheritance. The production invites audiences into a journey of listening—through rhythm, gesture, movement, and silence—to histories that remain alive within collective memory. Through music, dance, narration, and ensemble theatre, the work repositions the courtesan not as an object of gaze, but as a bearer of knowledge, emotion, and cultural continuity.

16/02/2026

Biskohar ki Vasantsena (The Courtesan of Biskohar) 11 February 2026 at 6pm, LTG, New Delhi in 25th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, National School of Drama.

Biskohar ki Vasantsena acknowledges the historical and continuing presence of women artists within India’s performative cultures—particularly those whose contributions have been celebrated aesthetically yet marginalized socially. Their participation in this work is neither symbolic nor peripheral; it is integral to the dramaturgy, expanding the performance vocabulary while reclaiming artistic space with dignity, agency, and respect.
Rooted in poetry and lived experience, Biskohar ki Vasantsena is an offering to the unnamed and often unrecorded artists whose voices have shaped our cultural inheritance. The production invites audiences into a journey of listening—through rhythm, gesture, movement, and silence—to histories that remain alive within collective memory. Through music, dance, narration, and ensemble theatre, the work repositions the courtesan not as an object of gaze, but as a bearer of knowledge, emotion, and cultural continuity.
Cast & Credits
Biskohar ki Vasantsena (The Courtesan of Biskohar)
Poet: Kumar Anupam
Concept & Direction: Pratibha Singh
Visual Design: Manish Verma
Music Composition: Umashankar