Baribathala Raju
Play
1.0 hrs
January 06, 2023 8:00 pm Friday
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BARIBATHALA RAJU A Comedy Telugu Play Performed by Bhoomika Theatre Group, Hyderabad. Adapted into Telugu from Hindi play ‘Nanga Raja’ by Alakanandan, Directed by Rajeev Ranjan

About the play

Baribathala Raju (బరిబత్తల రాజు) is a farce comedy adapted from ‘Nanga Raja’ a Hindi play written by writer Alakanandan. It is originally an Uzbek Folk Tale. Due to its satirical tone, the play repeatedly bursts with laughter.

A King is so obsessed with his clothes that he neglects his people and their problems in his own kingdom.

Organizer
Bhoomika theatre group
Bhoomika is an Indian Theatre group based in Hyderabad. It was founded in 1989 by Udaya Bhanu Garikipati. The group began its first production in 1989 with Kaki Bangaram, an adaption of Vijay Tendulkar's Pahije Jathiche. It later produced various original plays as well as adaptations in Telugu, Hindi and Deccani. Charanadasu, a Telugu adaptation of Habib Tanveer’s Charanadas Chor (1996) won Nandi Awards for Second best play, Best Direction, Best music from the then Government of Andhra Pradesh. Some of the well-known Telugu plays staged by Bhoomika over the years include Chal Chal Gurram, Kundeti Kommu, Gopatrudu, Bullipette Boochaadu, Dibbadesam Dataka among several others. The Plays Kissa ek Ajnabhi Lash Ka, Jor Laga ke Haissa, Puthra Kameshti, Yamraj Bole Sou Saal Jiyo, Chawanny, Subbarao Ki Shahadat, a Hindi adaptation of Slavomir Mrozek’s Martyrdom Of Peter Ohey, Bharathendu Harischandra’s Andheri Nagari are some of the plays that were staged very successfully in Hyderabad, Gorakhpur, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, New Delhi etc.