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| birth_date = 1926 | | birth_date = 1926 | ||
| birth_place = Balpurva, [[Kannauj district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India | | birth_place = Balpurva, [[Kannauj district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India | ||
| death_date = 1996 (aged | | death_date = 1996 (aged 69–70) | ||
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] | | awards = [[Padma Shri]] | ||
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'''Gulab Bai''' (1926–1996), popularly known as '''Gulab jaan''', was an Indian stage performer of [[Nautanki]],<ref name="Gulab Bai (1926–96)">{{cite book |isbn=9780195644463 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0203 |title=Gulab Bai (1926–96) |publisher=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |date=2004 |access-date=28 September 2015 |author=Ananda Lal}}</ref> the first female artist of the traditional operatic drama <ref name="Dying Drama">{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=6264 |title=Dying Drama |publisher=Booji |date=2015 |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510211854/http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=6264 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and considered by many as its pre-eminent exponent.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book |title=Amazon profile |date=2015 | | '''Gulab Bai''' (1926–1996), popularly known as '''Gulab jaan''', was an Indian stage performer of [[Nautanki]],<ref name="Gulab Bai (1926–96)">{{cite book |isbn=9780195644463 |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0203 |title=Gulab Bai (1926–96) |publisher=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre |date=2004 |access-date=28 September 2015 |author=Ananda Lal}}</ref> the first female artist of the traditional operatic drama <ref name="Dying Drama">{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=6264 |title=Dying Drama |publisher=Booji |date=2015 |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510211854/http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=6264 |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and considered by many as its pre-eminent exponent.<ref name="Amazon profile">{{cite book |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Deepti Priya |title=Amazon profile |date=2015 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0143100430 }}</ref> She was the founder of ''the Great Gulab Theatre Company'', a successful Nautanki troupe.<ref name="Biography Page 179">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjyemJStPpUC&q=the+Great+Gulab+Theatre+Company&pg=PA179 |title=Biography Page 179 |publisher=Rediff |date=2015 |isbn=9780143100430 |access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1990.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |archive-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Gulab Bai was born in 1926 in Balpurva, in [[Farrukhabad district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in Bedia caste, a backward community of entertainment performers.<ref name="Gulab Bai (1926–96)" /><ref name="Penguin Books profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/gulab-bai%3Frate=vj-3_Ysjn8fztsCuUwS58mO9GKm6pQF6ryBeBtgAo-M.html |title=Penguin Books profile |publisher=Penguin Books |date=2015 |access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> She started formal training in singing under Ustad Trimohan Lal of the Kanpur [[gharana]] and Ustad Mohammad Khan of the Hathras gharana in 1931 and began performing in public by joining Trimohan Lal's Nautanki troupe at the age of thirteen, becoming the first female performer of the art form. Soon, she developed an individual style of singing which earned her the moniker, ''Guba jaan''. | Gulab Bai was born in 1926 in Balpurva, in [[Farrukhabad district]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[Bedia (caste)|Bedia]] caste, a backward community of entertainment performers.<ref name="Gulab Bai (1926–96)" /><ref name="Penguin Books profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/gulab-bai%3Frate=vj-3_Ysjn8fztsCuUwS58mO9GKm6pQF6ryBeBtgAo-M.html |title=Penguin Books profile |publisher=Penguin Books |date=2015 |access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref> She started formal training in singing under Ustad Trimohan Lal of the Kanpur [[gharana]] and Ustad Mohammad Khan of the Hathras gharana in 1931 and began performing in public by joining Trimohan Lal's Nautanki troupe at the age of thirteen, becoming the first female performer of the art form. Soon, she developed an individual style of singing which earned her the moniker, ''Guba jaan''. | ||
Her rising popularity helped her to establish a Nautanki troupe of her own, the ''Great Gulab Theatre Company'', against the wishes of Trimohan Lal.<ref name="Biography Page 179" /> The company was said to be an instant success. The responsibility of the management of the company and her growing age forced her to curb her own performances by the 1960s <ref name="Dying Drama" /> and she groomed her little sister, Sukhbadan, later day Nanda Guha, as the leading performer, who over the years became a noted performer in her own right.<ref name="Biography Page 179" /> Her daughter, Madhu, is also a known performer.<ref name="Dying Drama" /> Towards the latter part of her career, Nautanki's appeal, as an art form, gradually waned.<ref name="Penguin Books profile" /> | Her rising popularity helped her to establish a Nautanki troupe of her own, the ''Great Gulab Theatre Company'', against the wishes of Trimohan Lal.<ref name="Biography Page 179" /> The company was said to be an instant success. The responsibility of the management of the company and her growing age forced her to curb her own performances by the 1960s <ref name="Dying Drama" /> and she groomed her little sister, Sukhbadan, later day Nanda Guha, as the leading performer, who over the years became a noted performer in her own right.<ref name="Biography Page 179" /> Her daughter, Madhu, is also a known performer.<ref name="Dying Drama" /> Towards the latter part of her career, Nautanki's appeal, as an art form, gradually waned.<ref name="Penguin Books profile" /> | ||
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Gulab Bai | |
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| Born | 1926 Balpurva, Kannauj district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 1996 (aged 69–70) |
| Other names | Gulab jaan |
| Occupation | Stage performer Folk musician |
| Known for | Nautanki |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Gulab Bai (1926–1996), popularly known as Gulab jaan, was an Indian stage performer of Nautanki,[1] the first female artist of the traditional operatic drama [2] and considered by many as its pre-eminent exponent.[3] She was the founder of the Great Gulab Theatre Company, a successful Nautanki troupe.[4] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.[5]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Gulab Bai was born in 1926 in Balpurva, in Farrukhabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in Bedia caste, a backward community of entertainment performers.[1][6] She started formal training in singing under Ustad Trimohan Lal of the Kanpur gharana and Ustad Mohammad Khan of the Hathras gharana in 1931 and began performing in public by joining Trimohan Lal's Nautanki troupe at the age of thirteen, becoming the first female performer of the art form. Soon, she developed an individual style of singing which earned her the moniker, Guba jaan.
Her rising popularity helped her to establish a Nautanki troupe of her own, the Great Gulab Theatre Company, against the wishes of Trimohan Lal.[4] The company was said to be an instant success. The responsibility of the management of the company and her growing age forced her to curb her own performances by the 1960s [2] and she groomed her little sister, Sukhbadan, later day Nanda Guha, as the leading performer, who over the years became a noted performer in her own right.[4] Her daughter, Madhu, is also a known performer.[2] Towards the latter part of her career, Nautanki's appeal, as an art form, gradually waned.[6]
The Government of India honoured her with the civilian award of the Padma Shri in 1990.[5] Six years later, she died, at the age of 70.[1] Her life has been documented in a biography by Deepti Priya Mehrotra, under the name, Gulab Bai: The Queen of Nautanki Theatre; the book was published by Penguin India.[7] Her life story was also the theme of a play, enacted on stage in May 2014 at Kanpur.[8]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ananda Lal (2004). Gulab Bai (1926–96). The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre. ISBN 9780195644463. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dying Drama". Booji. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ Mehrotra, Deepti Priya (2015). Amazon profile. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0143100430.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Biography Page 179. Rediff. 2015. ISBN 9780143100430. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Penguin Books profile". Penguin Books. 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ Deepti Priya Mehrotra (2006). Gulab Bai: The Queen of Nautanki Theatre. Penguin India. p. 318. ISBN 9780143100430.
- ↑ "Actors and theatre artists watch the play 'Gulab Bai' in Lucknow". Times of India. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Legendary artist Gulab Bai ( Queen of Nautanki Theatre )". YouTube video. Kalakunj. 1982. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Deepti Priya Mehrotra (2006). Gulab Bai: The Queen of Nautanki Theatre. Penguin India. p. 318. ISBN 9780143100430.