The Kohinoor Theatre (Assamese: কহিনুৰ থিয়েটাৰ) is a mobile theatre group of the North-Eastern Indian state of Assam, founded by Sri Ratan Lahkar in 1976.
From Dhubri to Sadiya, from the north bank to the south bank of the Brahmaputra, Kohinoor Theatre performed its dramas, attracting thousands of spectators who came to see them perform.
Apart from initiating a theatrical movement, Kohinoor Theatre introduced co-acting on the stages of Assam. In 1931, Brajanath Sarma, with the help of theatre actor and playwright Phani Sarma introduced female actresses for the first time to appear in their drama productions at a time when male acting was completely dominant, revolutionizing the nature of Assamese theatre. Ratan Lahkar has done significant job by performing real drama based on Indian, Assamese culture and some famous drama of Shakespeare. Also he brought the Atlantic ocean on stage by performing the famous movie "Titanic" which even surprised people from Hollywood. He has introduced double acting on stage which is really surprising.
Kohinoor Theatre is the only Assamese mobile theatre group that has performed outside Assam. National School of Drama (NSD) had invited the troupe to perform in New Delhi in the year 2010 for 3 days from April 25 to 29.
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