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140:, who had previously worked with Natak Uttejak Mandali (1875–94), helped in the starting and management of the new troupe, which initially started as an amateur group of Gujarati teachers. On 5 June 1878, three partners, Jayshankar Sarveshvar, Narottam Bhaichand, and Shivshankar Karasanji, co-founded the company, which later became known as Mehtajis' theatre company. Later they were joined by Manekram Dhirajram, Damodar Ratansi Somani, and Lalji Karsanji as new partners. The partners were responsible for various departments of the company. Sarveshvar was the manager and director of the company. The company pioneered the pure Gujarati culture-influenced theatre, free from any Parsi influences.
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which was closed down after a year and Katrak had to leave. The owner
Maganlal and Chhotalal were focused on profits only. Bapulal wanted to be a director and writer so he played a major role in outing others. Jaishankar Sundari too left the company and joined Laxmikant Natak Samaj for a brief period before returning to the company. After sometime, he retired from the theatre in 1932. p. 19 Mulani also retired in 1932.
147:(Lalita's Manifold Sufferings), a reformist play written and directed by Dave. It premiered on 6 January 1878 at the Victoria Theatre in front of an audience of 1200 people. It was the first social tragedy in the Gujarati language, with five acts and thirty-four scenes. It had twenty characters, including the character of Nandan, whose name became synonymous with a fool.
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in Bombay to send him a legal notice for performing the play without his permission. Dayashankar went to Nadiad and met
Dwivedi where he apologised, took him to Bombay, gave a diamond ring as well as requested him to write another play for rupees 400 to 500. Dwivedi did not accept the ring but agreed
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The company suffered due to internal squabbling and jealousy. Mulani had left the company. After death of
Dayashankar Girnara, Sorabji Katrak was brought in as a new director. Bapulal highlighted his directorial mistakes so the owners of the company established a separate Mumbai Urdu Natak Mandali
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When Mulani's three plays failed consequently, the company chose to stage nationalistic plays written by
Nrisinh Vibhakar. These plays experimented with story and themes as well as focused on contemporary subjects instead of taking inspirations from popular subjects such as mythology. But their
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Many poor quality plays produced only for profits led to their failure. The high salaried actors, costly productions and failure of plays led to the loss. With the advent of the cinema, the theatre started to lose its audience. The company was sold in 1938 and was closed on 30 November 1939.
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Shantilal and Co. financed the company and Bapulal briefly ran it from 1944 to 1945 before his retirement in 1946. In 1948, Chandrahas Manilal Jhaveri ran it for some time and renamed it to Mumbai Subodh Natak Mandali before it became defunct.
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bought the
Gujarati Natak Mandali with two other partners. Dayashankar Visanji Bhatt, aka Dayashankar Girnara, a theatre actor-director, renamed it the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali and guided its further progress.
514:. Madhubansari ran successfully for two years due to great direction, fine acting and music. The Gaiety Theatre — now Capitol Cinema — owned by the company from 1893, was filled with spectators for these plays.
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and four shows of it were staged. Later he staged four plays written by
Champshi Udeshi, four plays written by Gajendrashankar Pandya as well as many Parsi theatre styled plays. Gajendrashankar Pandya's play
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Bapulal Nayak was also involved in stage planning and the management of a theatre company. In 1899, he and Mulani became partners in the company, each holding a 6% share of the company.
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Girnara, the company excelled and brought many gifted actors and visionary directors as well as reputed playwrights, including some from literary circles. In the 1890s,
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Music director
Vadilal Shivram Nayak composed scores of more than 500 songs in about forty plays. About hundred of these were published in
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Bapulal Nayak acquired the company in April 1922. He started directing his plays and started adapting literature into plays. He produced
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452:(1901). Their pair continued till 1932. Prabhashankar 'Ramani' acted in several plays and also rose to fame. The company also travelled
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Gujarati Natak Mandali. It was founded in response to discontent with the
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for him. The new play was staged on 18 February 1899 but failed commercially because the director and lead actor were Parsis.
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in 1905-06 where they was attacked by goons as well as a rumour of abduction of Sundari was circulated.
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Following is the list of plays produced by the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali:
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544:(Mustard-seed to Mountain) in 1926. The songs of the play were written by
356:(1897) was about a youth who was devastated due to his attraction to the
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Jethalal Nayak, Dayashankar Vasanji and Jayshankar (Lakhwadwala) in
166:(Taming of Banasur's Arrogance) were also produced by the company.
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Choksi, Mahesh (2004). Choksi, Mahesh; Somani, Dhirendra (eds.).
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373:(1899) were not initially successful, due to the occurrence of a
154:(Nala and Damayanti), which also became successful. Other plays,
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Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali under Chhotalal Mulchand Kapadia
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510:(self-rule) and Madhubansari (Sweet Flute, 1917) focused on
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Anshu Malhotra; Siobhan Lambert-Hurley (12 October 2015).
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Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali under Chandrahas M. Jhaveri
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in 1915. They acted in several successful plays together.
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Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali under Mohanlal M. Jhaveri
2500:: Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust, Ahmedabad. p. 349.
322:(King's Progeny, 1891) were successful productions.
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Bapulal Nayak, Dayashankar Oza and Mohan Marwadi in
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company owner Framji Gustadji Dalal. The playwright
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898:Mulshankar Mulani / Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
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463:(Notations to Songs in Gujarati Plays, 1956).
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553:(College Girl, 1925) starred popular actors
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2419:Baradi, Hasmukh (2004). Lal, Ananda (ed.).
392:Mulani returned to the company and rewrote
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326:(1892) depicted a relationship between a
150:Dave wrote and directed the second play,
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2552:The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre
2425:. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
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107:(1889–1948) was a theatre company in
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1770:Munshi Mohiyuddin Naza (adaptation)
1651:'Manasvi' Prantijwala (adaptation)
2661:] (in Gujarati). Vol. X.
1935:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1695:'Manasvi' Prantijwala (rewritten)
1621:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1591:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1576:'Manasvi' Prantijwala (rewritten)
1527:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1512:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1497:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1482:Gajendrashankar Lalshankar Pandya
1164:Bapulal Nayak / Mulshankar Mulani
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1553:Swamibhakti Yane Baji Deshpande (
1394:Ambashankar Harishankar Upadhyay
216:, at Gaiety Theatre, Bombay, 1904
2767:ગુજરાતી રંગભૂમિ: રિદ્ધિ અને રોનક
2189:Ambalal Manchand Nayak 'Pandit'
494:enactment stayed unchanged. His
128:Gujarati Natak Mandali (1878–89)
2811:1948 disestablishments in India
756:Narabheshankar Manchharam Vyas
2454:Nayak, Suresh (January 1980).
461:Gujaratna Natak-Geetoni Sargam
262:Jhaverilal Umiyashankar Yajnik
169:Chhotalal Mulchand Kapadia of
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2748:, pp. 20–21, 40, 64, 66.
2577:– via Oxford Reference.
2443:– via Oxford Reference.
2314:– via Oxford Reference.
1427:Madandh Mahila Yane Noorjahan
162:(Madalsa and Ritudhvaj), and
105:Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali
30:Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali
18:Mumbai Gujarati Natak Company
2806:1878 establishments in India
1431:Jayshankar Vaghajibhai Vyas
711:Vishwanath Prabhuram Vaidya
500:Indian independence movement
444:(River of Affection, 1915),
416:as a female impersonator in
178:Rise and acclaim (1889–1922)
103:(1878–89) and its successor
2386:History of Gujarati Theatre
1261:Inspired from stories from
1075:Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
1030:Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
953:Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
866:Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
832:Vijayshankar Kalidas Bhatt
432:(Jugal the Gambler, 1902),
143:The company first produced
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248:Bapulal Nayak (left) with
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398:(1901), an adaptation of
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1167:Based on Shamal Bhatt's
448:(Vikrama's Life, 1902),
440:(Sweet Flute, 1917) and
228:(1906) written by Mulani
190:(1900) written by Mulani
2649:Bhojak, Dinkar (1990).
2484:Bhojak, Dinkar (2002).
2353:, pp. 34, 117–119.
1561:Munshi Mohiyuddin Naza
2517:"Jaishankar 'Sundari'"
2494:Gujarati Encyclopaedia
2167:Vasant Hathiram Nayak
1980:Babubhai Kalyanji Oza
1920:Babubhai Kalyanji Oza
1905:Babubhai Kalyanji Oza
1739:'Manasvi' Prantijwala
589:Last years (1944–1948)
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160:Madalsa ane Ritudhvaj
2549:Lal, Ananda (2004).
1916:Shrimant Ke Shaitan?
979:Pushpasen Pushpavati
252:'Sundari' in a play
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2088:Parambhakta Prahlad
1647:Karyasiddhi (Hindi)
678:Annasaheb Kirloskar
536:Ramanbhai Neelkanth
518:Decline (1922–1939)
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2010:Chimanlal Trivedi
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1746:13 September 1934
1606:Chimanlal Trivedi
1466:Ramanbhai Nilkanth
1386:25 September 1920
1311:19 September 1915
1304:Mulshankar Mulani
1279:Mulshankar Mulani
1258:Mulshankar Mulani
1243:Mulshankar Mulani
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1090:Mulshankar Mulani
1060:Mulshankar Mulani
1045:Mulshankar Mulani
1037:30 September 1899
998:Mulshankar Mulani
938:Mulshankar Mulani
913:Mulshankar Mulani
877:Lalita Dukhdarshak
788:Mulshankar Mulani
741:Mulshankar Mulani
726:Mulshankar Mulani
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559:Narsinhrao Divetia
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2628:978-0-8223-7497-8
2557:Oxford University
2486:Thaker, Dhirubhai
2396:978-81-237-4032-4
2332:, pp. 11–12.
2294:Oxford University
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2047:5 September 1939
1987:19 November 1938
1976:Cinema ni Sundari
1750:Jeenjarna Zankare
1687:9 September 1933
1538:Up-to-date Mavali
1519:21 February 1929
1508:Kashmirnu Prabhat
1364:Nrisinh Vibhakar
1356:23 November 1918
1349:Nrisinh Vibhakar
1334:Nrisinh Vibhakar
1319:Nrisinh Vibhakar
1296:28 February 1915
1220:17 December 1910
1148:Loosely based on
1110:Saubhagya Sundari
1052:16 December 1899
1005:18 February 1899
918:Nandshankar Mehta
905:5 September 1896
882:Ranchhodbhai Dave
784:Mansinh Abhaysinh
772:Ranchhodbhai Dave
763:17 December 1892
733:27 February 1892
672:Mulshankar Mulani
644:Mulshankar Mulani
488:Saubhagya-no Sinh
418:Saubhagya Sundari
410:Jaishankar Bhojak
395:Saubhagya Sundari
381:(1900), based on
344:Nandshankar Mehta
306:Mulshankar Mulani
266:Sheriff of Bombay
250:Jaishankar Bhojak
236:Advertisement of
201:Saubhagya Sundari
164:Banasur Madmardan
138:Ranchhodbhai Dave
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2002:7 December 1938
1995:Champshi Udeshi
1972:20 October 1938
1965:Manilal 'Pagal'
1912:5 February 1938
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1890:Champshi Udeshi
1875:Champshi Udeshi
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1800:Champshi Udeshi
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1271:31 January 1914
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824:3 November 1894
795:2 December 1893
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1583:9 January 1930
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1371:23 August 1919
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1254:Krishnacharitra
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