Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma (died 1926) was a

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

playwright.

Biography

He had studied Sanskrit in childhood and had studied '' Raghuvansh'' by

Kalidas Kālidāsa (''fl.'' 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and t ...

. His first play ''Madhav Vilas'' (1899) was produced by Amdavad Gujarati Natak Company. He had a long career with Deshi Natak Samaj. He used unconventional ''Savaiya'', ''Shikharini'' and ''Totak'' metres in musical plays instead of popular ''Betabaji'' metre. He wanted to start his own theatre company so he had consulted poet Fulchandbhai Shah to write ''Rajhans'' based on '' Dashakumaracharitra'' but he died soon in 1926.

Works

His plays are as follows:

References

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