Kohinoor Opera

The Kohinoor Opera was the first mobile theatre group of the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, founded by Natyacharya Brajanath Sarma, active in the late 1920s and 1930s.

From Dhubri to Sadiya, from the north bank to the south bank of the Brahmaputra, Kohinoor Opera performed its dramas, attracting thousands of spectators which came to see them perform.

Apart from initiating a theatrical movement, the Kohinoor Opera introduced co-acting on the stages of Assam. In 1931, Brajanath Sarma, with the help of theatre actor and playwright Phani Sarma introduced female actresses for the first time to appear in their drama productions at a time when male acting was completely dominant, revolutionizing the nature of Assamese theatre.

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