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Rhythm of Rajasthan presents Puppetry - Kathputli show

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Biography

Traditional Kathputli play of Rajasthan is basically known by the name of Amar Singh Rathore-ka-khel (play of Amar Singh Rathore). He is a historical character of seventeenth century during the reign of Mugal Empire, contemporary to Shah Jahan. Amar Singh Rathore belonged to royal family of Jodhpur state and was eldest son of Gaj Singh. Thus the throne of Jodhpur was inherent to him by natural succession but the king was infuriated with him, therefore Maharaja Gaj Singh appointed the younger brother Jaswant Singh as his heir-apparent. Amar Singh was given Subedari of Nagaur area in Marwar which was under the central rule of Mughal Emperor. Due to his faithfulness to the Emperor he served as one of the important courtier of Mughal court. But his sharp contours of character always bruised fellow courtiers. He came in controversy with Salawat Khan who was brother-in-law of the Mughal Emperor and his trustworthy courtier.

The discomfort between the two grew to the extent that one day Amar Singh found an opportunity to slay Salawat Khan in open court and in very presence of the Emperor. Total confusion prevailed, everyone ran to save their lives.

Emperor Shah Jahan found it difficult to suppress Amar Singh. Therefore he employed Arjun Gaur, brother-in-law of Amar Singh and conspired with him to kill Amar Singh. One day Arjun Gaur found opportunity to bring Amar Singh to the court and stealthily stabbed in his back.

Due to fear of the people’s revolt Amar Singh dead body was kept under guard at Agra and nobody was allowed to take it to Nagaur for cremation. Finally Amar Singh’s nephew Ram Singh bravely broke the cordon and bought the body of Amar Singh for the cremation.

About Rhythm of Rajasthan View profile

'Rhythm of Rajasthan' is an Initiative to collaborate with the various folk performing artists of Rajasthan. This project conceived in Jodhpur, Rajasthan by Nitin Nath Harsh a folklore promoter of Rajasthan. Nitin is working with over hundred of folk artists of Rajasthan from last 10 years. He began his career in folklore of Rajasthan with legendry folklorist Late Padam Bhushan Komal Kothari.

The 'Rhythm of Rajasthan' has a vision and mission to ensemble the top class folk performing artists of Rajasthan to come up with different performing art genre to showcase their talent at national and international platforms.

In '09 and '11 RofR met with rave reviews on their cross Canada and US tours, that included performances at the Hollywood Bowl (opening for global superstar A.R.Rahman), the Kenney Centre (Maximum India), the 11th Chicago World Music Festival and the 5th Annual New York Gypsy Festival at the World Music Institute, and many other dynamic performances across the US and Canada.

The Rhythms of Rajasthan have proven time and time again that their performances are exciting forays into the musical and cultural heritage of Northern India and have captivated audiences worldwide.

Founder-Director : Nitin Harsh

Rhythm of Rajasthan was founded by Nitin Harsh, a folklore promoter and researcher based in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Nitin started his career with Late Padam Bhushan Komal Kothari in his organization Rupayan. He worked under Komal Kothari for video documentation and production. Since last 10 years Nitin has documented hundred hours of video and sound recording on all performing arts of Rajasthan.

Later on he decided to promote top class performing artists of Rajasthan under banner of 'Rhythm of Rajasthan’. Nitin has successfully promoted more than 100 performing artists of Rajasthan at National and International festival and concerts. He visited in countries like USA, UK, Canada, Russia, China, Belgium, Serbia, Iran, Jordan, Czech Republic and Pakistan etc.

He has deep interest in multimedia production on various performing arts. Nitin is also a Documentary film-maker that’s helps him to achieve his aims of promotion and Preservation of Rajasthan’s performing arts. His first film 'Rajashtan : a folk music journey' which was produced in year 2006 and it was a tribute to Late Komal Kothari. He also produced a series of documentaries covering all performing arts of Rajasthan. his latest travel documentary "Colors of Rajasthan" which reveal the musical heritage of the Langa and Manganiar, Dance of Kalbelia and Kamad women, puppetry art of bhat community, stunning acrobatics stunts by Rajnat, and Epic narration by the Nayak devotees of Pabuji.