Remembering Elangbam Joychandra
Falguni Rajkumar25 May 2021
Joychandra toured extensively within Manipur and across the Northeast wherever Manipuris domiciled and commanded a huge following in the early 1950s until the 1980s.
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Joychandra toured extensively within Manipur and across the Northeast wherever Manipuris domiciled and commanded a huge following in the early 1950s until the 1980s.
While there had been a tradition of non-proscenium dance and musical performances in Manipur on floating boats on the Ningthem Pukhri, it was for the first time that a full-fledged drama was staged on the water body with thousands of audience watching the play.