nukkad natak

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Street Theatre or the Nukkad Natak, as it is locally known, is perhaps India’s most ancient form of entertainment. Since time immemorial, we’ve had motley crowds of people gathered around street performers at the street corner. Street theatre is perhaps the most effective way to combine live action before a live audience, and get instantaneous responses.

It is not without reason that the Nukkad Natak is used far and wide to spread awareness on social issues. For how else can conscious citizens voice matters to their friends?

Yet, the Nukkad Natak also offers avenues for wholesome entertainment. It combines group performances with live acting and hearty song-and-dance sequences.Little wonder then, that an enthralled audience often bursts into a round of applause right in the middle of the street!

Street Plays in India: An Introduction to the 'Nukkad Natak', Everybody Plays (July 28, 2012)

I looked this up after reading:

The Centre will be regularly uploading videos in the form of skits, plays and nukkad nataks to be performed by the students of the Institute of Law, Nirma University so that it could sensitize the audience and be understood by a larger audience and they may share and forward this as media for spreading awareness in the different sections of the society.

Nirma University Institute of Law, Centre for Law & Governance

December 30, 2016