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Jaatra
Jaatra
Jatra An Overview
Yatra, pronounced Jatra in Bengali symbolizes Lord Krishnas journey from Vrindavan to Mathura.
The rural population being handicapped by illiteracy were
not able to read religious texts like the Ramayana and Mahabharata
Jatra An Overview
Jatra filled the void by
bringing to the masses the stories and episodes from the greatest literary works the mankind had ever undertaken.
Acts and scenes from these
epics reconditioned with songs, sung in the folk tunes, were masterfully crafted and presented to the village folk.
Jatra An Overview
Radio and television era was
about to condemn it to oblivion along with its modern counterpart - the up market theatre industry. However recent experimentation by some enthusiasts has revived this dying folk theatre industry . Gradually, Jatra is regaining its unique mantel again as a branch of successful performing art in Bengal.
banners Period of Shows - 7 months from October to April. 60 + Shows per Banner Tollywood Star Presence like Tapas Pal, Satabdi Roy, Chiranjeet, Rachana Banerjee The shows are enacted across various districts, towns (B,C towns), rural villages.
clubs, who are spending anywhere between Rs 75, 000 k Rs 3 lacs for each show. The price of each show is determined by the star value of that particular show The events are publicized through newspaper ads, billboards, hoardings, BTL activities like pamphlet distribution, local newspaper ads, AV ads on local channels , mobile van ads etc Ticket prices range from Rs 25 to Rs 100 for each show
audience of capacity of 7/8,000 to 15,000 Average audience for each of these shows is around 10000
Newspaper ads Billboards Hoardings Mobile vans Leaflets In show advertising for Title Sponsor ( Actors and actresses during each show will speak about the brand and its USPs) g) Stage backdrops during scene changes
a) b) c) d) e) f)
18 Min no of Shows per banner 60 Total no of shows Min 1200 Audience Size of more than 1.50 crs
Extensive Coverage of West Bengal All Districts More than 50 Villages & PO
Districts Villages
Bankura, Burdwan, Purulia, Nadia, Howrah, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Hoogly, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Midnapur, Cooch Behar, Kolkata suburbs, West Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda
Banpur, Panchmura, Boluhati, Hura, Jorberia, Khichka,Deoli, Hura, Raghunathpur, Bolpur, Saithia, Jemkor, Satal, Korapur, Belobalaram, Chakta, Bagda, Balsi, Sanko, Sultanpur, Khejurberia, Rajgram, Saiboni, Bethuabari etc etc
Mega Star
Super Star
Dona/Nirmal Mukhopadhyay/ Ruma Dasgupta/Soma Ganguly / Kumar Prosenjit etc. Tapasi Roychoudhury /Monalisa/Pallav Mukherjee etc
Star
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CAST: TRIDIB GHOSH MEGHNA LAHIRI MOHUA BHATTACHARYA GROUP: NATARAJ OPERA CATEGORY: MEGASTAR
BANEER : RUPAY LAKSHMI GUNE SARASWATI CAST: LABONI SARKAR KOUSHIK BANERJEE GROUP : ANANDA BASAR OPERA CATEGORY : MEGASTAR
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CAST: ABHISHEK. ANAMIKA SAHA SANJUKTA RAYCHOUDHURY RAMEN RAYCHOUDHURY GROUP: SATYANARAYANA OPERA CATEGORY : MEGASTAR BANNER: HIYAR MAJHE MOR PRIYA CAST: SATABDI RAY TAPAS PAL GROUP: RATNADEEP OPERA CATEGORY : MEGASTAR
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CAST : RACHANA BANERJEE PREMJIT, MOUMITA GUPTA BHOLA TAMANG, SOHINI AMIT KANTI GHOSH GROUP : SWARNADEEP OPERA CATEGORY : MEGASTAR
BANNER: HINGSHAYE RAJNITITE ROKTAKTO POSCHIMBONGO & MONSA BIDHESHI CHAND SWADAGAR CAST: MISS ANINDITA, ASHOK BANERJI, CHANDRAMUKHI, SUJATA,RAJESH, KUMAR ABHISHEK GROUP : DIGVIJAI OPERA CATEGORY : MEGASTAR
BANNER: SHESH THIKANA MAYER ANCHOL CAST: RUMA DASGUPTA, INDRANI MUKHERJEE, KUMAR NAYAN, KUMAR PROSENJIT, MS MOM ANITESH BHATTACHARYA GROUP : DEBI BANDANA JATRA SANGSTHA CATEGORY : SUPERSTAR
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BANNER : SHOB SINDURE SHUKH MELENA CAST: DONA, NIRMAL MUKHOPADHYAY MEENA KUMARI, SOMA GANGULY GROUP : NATYA DHARA CATEGORY : SUPERSTAR
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CAST: TAPASI ROYCHOUDHURY KUMAR SHUBHO HIMADRI BHATTACHARJEE GROUP: BHARAT TIRTHA JATRA SAMAJ CATEGORY : STAR
BANNER : SINTHIR SINDURER MULYA KI CAST : TAPATI BHATTACHARJEE, PULAK MULLICK GROUP : KOLKATA OPERA GATEGORY : STAR
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BANNER: BODHUR SHAJE BOR BHODHU CAST : MONALISA, DEBASHIS MITRA GROUP : JATRA TIRTHA CATEGORY : STAR
BANNER : PREMER GHATE LAGLO JOWAR CAST : KRISHNA CHARABORTY PALLAV MUKHERJEE GROUP : SILPIMANDIR JATRA SANGSTHA CATEGORY : STAR
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BANNER : NOTUN SOKAL ASCHE CAST : SITA GHOSH, SABYASACHI PALI GROUP : SILPILOK OPERA CATEGORY : STAR