Ramchandra Manjhi

Ramchandra Manjhi (IAST: Rāmcaṃdra māṃjhī) is an Indian Bhojpuri folk dancer and theatre artist who is famous as a Launda Naach performer. He was one of the member of Bhikhari Thakur's drama team and was awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2017[1] and was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021.[2][3]

Ramchandra Manjhi
Born1925
Tajpur, Chhapra, Bihar, India
OccupationFolk Dancer, Theatre Artist
Years active1935-present

Biography

Ramchandra Manjhi was born in Tajpur in the Saran district of Bihar in 1925 in a Dalit family. At the age of 10 he joined the drama team of Bhikhari Thakur and until his demise (1971) he worked with him. Today he is the oldest member of the Drama team.[4] In his life he has performed before many big names like Suraiya, Waheeda Rehman, Meena Kumari, Helen etc. In 2017, he won the Sangeet Natak Academy award however his felicitation happened in 2019 by the President of India.[5] In January 2021, he was awarded with the Padma Shri award in the field of Arts.


Awards and recognition

References
  1. Shrivastava, Girish. "The fire is still burning". The Hindu.
  2. "Padma Awards 2021 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. "Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list". The Times of India. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "लौंडा नाच को राष्ट्रीय पहचान देने की कवायद, भिखारी ठाकुर के इस चहेते कलाकार को मिलेगा संगीत नाटक अकादमी पुरस्कार !". Prabhat Khabar.
  5. "Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards". New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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