Sphoorthi Theatre

Puppetry is  the oldest form of Folk Theatre in India. India is blessed with different forms of Puppets performed in different states. Andhra Pradesh is well known for Traditional Shadow Puppetry and Wooden String Puppetry. Wooden Puppets are called as "Koyya or Chakka" meaning piece of wood. " Bommalata " meaning play of dolls-puppets. Mothe Jaganathan and troupe from Ammapur Village, Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh is the only family still practicing wooden string puppets. The troupe consists of 10-12 members who are again interrelated to each other. All artists are singer, narrator, musician and also puppet manipulators. Most of them are men with 2-4 women also accompany during performance. There is one more group near Tirupati, Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh is also giving  the wooden string puppetry performance. However, not much is known for the moment and it is also believed that they no more operate in a troupe and are disintegrated. T...