JAJPUR: An opera choreographer collapsed on stage and died during rehearsal for an Odia play on Friday. The deceased, Mayadhar Jena, popularly known as Nepa sir, worked as a choreographer for the ...

BHUBANESWAR: Even as Jatra troupe owners claim that growing operational costs and restrictions inflict huge loss every year, the operas remain a big draw in the State compared to Odia films and TV ...

The story of Jatras, the popular travelling folk entertainment operas in Odisha, may well be over from July this year with the opera owners deciding to stop organising shows due to a financial crisis.

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 5: Jatra is big business. Call them loud and crass but the masters of ham acting are raking in the moolah. With an approximate annual revenue of Rs 50 crore, the mobile theatre ...