Dastan Tilism-e-Hoshruba is a classic Dastangoi performance, narrating one of the stories from the most extensive Urdu literature to exist: Tilism-e-Hoshruba, also known as Dastan-e-Ameer Hamza. Dastangoi as a performing art is said to have originated in the Persian world and in Indian subcontinent it arrived in around 12-13th Century and eventually became a popular narrative performing art form. It was at its peak during 18th and 19th Century. Its popularity started declining in the early 20th Century and ultimately it went completely extinct until mid-2000s when it was revived, thanks to Read More..

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar was a unique singer of her time. In her unique voice and andaz, she produced such hauntingly sweet notes, coupled with her spontaneity, that the audience were immediately captivated. Beginning at the age of Seven, Begum Akhtar kept her audience spellbound for almost six decades. This was Begum Akhtar, the Singer; but her personal journey is equally captivating and inspiring. She was a brave, fiercely independent-minded person, who drew her life path herself amidst the struggles that life threw at her. At a time when the social and political Read More..

Dastan Tilism-e-Hoshruba is a classic Dastangoi performance, narrating one of the stories from the most extensive Urdu literature to exist: Tilism-e-Hoshruba, also known as Dastan-e-Ameer Hamza.    Dastangoi as a performing art is said to have originated in the Persian world and in Indian subcontinent it arrived in around 12-13th Century and eventually became a popular narrative performing art form. It was at its peak during 18th and 19th Century. Its popularity started declining in the early 20th Century and ultimately it went completely extinct until mid-2000s when it was rev Read More..