New Delhi: Traditionally, India has produced nice storytellers who wrote marvels reminiscent of Mahabharata and Ramayana, amongst others, which went on to change into essentially the most widely-read epics. The better part, nonetheless, is that fashionable India too has some exceptionally proficient storytellers, whose work has touched the lives of many. These artistic endeavors may be seen in printed tales, audio tales, movies, or within the kind Dastangoi – a approach to orally narrate a narrative to a dwell viewers. A superb story can fascinate and bind the readers or listeners and take them right into a world that was earlier unknown to them. Here are some new-age storytellers whose work has enthralled story lovers throughout the nation.
Sudhanshu Rai
Popularly generally known as ‘Kahanikaar Sudhanshu Rai’, he shot to fame initially along with his tales on completely different social media and digital platforms, earlier than launching his personal storytelling present, ‘Kahaniyaan, Kahanikaar Sudhanshu Rai Ke Saath’ on a number one FM radio channel. A few years in the past, he debuted as an Actor and a Director with Chaipatti, following which he performed the lead in Detective Boomrah and Chintaa Mani. Notably, Detective Boomrah, the net collection, is predicated on an immensely widespread fictional character conceived earlier by the storyteller-actor himself.
Neelesh Misra
Neelesh Misra hails from a small city in Uttar Pradesh and began out as a journalist. This author by ardour cherished writing and narrating tales. He landed up at a preferred FM station the place his present ‘Yaadon ka Idiot Box’ turned a fan favorite. His tales touched many hearts and he quickly turned a family identify. He has additionally labored as a author and lyricist in a number of Bollywood movies reminiscent of Barfi!, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, Shamshera and the upcoming Tiger 3. He is the person behind the lyrics for soul-touching songs like Jaadu hai nasha hai (Jism), Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai (Woh Lamhe) and Banjaara (Ek Tha Tiger), amongst others.
Geeta Ramanujam
The famend storyteller has been entertaining story lovers for greater than 20 years now. She is rightly the senior most storyteller of the nation. And she didn’t simply begin out as a lone storyteller, she based The Academy of Storytelling which is the globally recognised coaching floor for aspirational storytellers.
Himanshu Bajpayee
Himanshu is a famous creator of the ebook titled QissaQissaLucknowwa, which was printed by Rajkamal Prakashan. It comprises tales of widespread folks of Lucknow and the way they dwell their lives within the outdated metropolis of Lucknow, the town of Nawabs and Tehzeeb. This once-upon-a-time journalist turned to storytelling by way of the medieval type of storytelling- Dastangoi.
Mahmood Farooqui
He is the winner of Ustad Bismillah Khan YuvaPursakar in 2010 for his work achieved within the subject of storytelling by way of Dastangoi. Working on this mesmerizing however historical Persian type of storytelling, Mahmood has been working relentlessly on reviving this artwork kind since 2005. He hasn’t simply introduced alive an outdated traditional like Dastan e Amir Hamza, however reinvented the artwork kind by telling tales like Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Rajasthani Folktales, Saadat Hasan Manto’s life and works amongst the numerous works.
