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About Kamayani
The Kamayani Organization, founded in Ara (Bihar) by Prof. Shyam Mohan Asthana, has consistently been in the news for its social and cultural activities. Hundreds of plays were staged, poetry symposia, and literary discussions continued uninterrupted. It remained active from its inception in 1975 until 1994.
On 14-Jan-2007, a branch of the Kamayani Organization was opened in Varanasi. Its founding members included Prof. Shyam Mohan Asthana, Dr. Veerbala Verma, theatre guru Neel Kamal Chatterjee, Shri Priya Gopal Bhattacharya, and children's literature author Dr. Shri Prasad. Renowned rank-and-file workers Partha Banerjee, Ashok Seth, Nishant Saxena, Alok Sinha, Priyanka Sinha, Renu Sinha, Dr. Deepak Kumar, Veena Sahay, Amitabh Krishna Ghadekar, Ritwik Sanyal, Shravanati Mukherjee, and Indradev Chaudhary.
In the year of our founding, we received a wonderful invitation to participate in a week-long theatre festival organized by Gokul Arts Institute.
Our first presentation was the play "Teesra Aadmi" written by Prof. Shyam Mohan Asthana, in which Mr. Amlesh Srivastava, Rajni Bedi, Amitabh Krishna Ghadekar, and Pallavi Singh displayed exceptional performances. It was a great success, and the staging of plays continued uninterrupted.
The Nagari Natak Mandali holds the Ashwin Theatre Festival, where "Raja Ki Mohar" and "Yamadeep" a novel about the third gender, were adapted.
"Shaapgrast" were staged, as were "Yeh Bhi Sach Hai" and "Yamaraj Ka Bima" all written by Shyam Mohan Asthana. "Bechara Bhagwan" written by Pulak Desh Pandey, was staged at the Allahabad Theatre Festival, and "Buddham Sharanam Gachchami" was staged at the Shimla Theatre Festival.
In addition, the organization has consistently organized literary symposia, quizzes, and competitions, with participation from renowned literary figures such as Dr. Surya Bala Verma, Prof. Chandra Kala Tripathi, Gautam Chatterjee, Pramila Verma, Veerbala Verma, Dr. Nahid, Robin Shah Pushp, Urmila Kaul, and many others.
The organization organizes eye screening camps, surgeries, and health camps every second week of every month. Children are provided with shelter at the orphanage. Books and clothing are distributed.
The organization began conducting workshops on January 22, 2012. Due to the large number of participants, larger plays had to be scaled down. Mr. Avinash Deshpande, from the National School of Drama, conducted the first workshop, staging "Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja." The 15-day workshop was an outstanding presentation. The following year, two plays were staged: Karbala, written by Premchand, directed by veteran theatre personality Jaydev Das, and the story "Chup Chantra Rona Nahi" directed by Veena Sahay.
In 2014-15, the play "Swapnavasvadat" was staged at Banaras Hindu University under the direction of Dr. Gautam Chatterjee, and "Koi Sunta Hai" was staged at the Gurudham Temple.
In July 2018, two FTII graduates—Vinay Kumar and Krishna Choubey—conducted a workshop and prepared Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" with 60 students. It was a wonderful two days. was presented.
Dr. Sumit Srivastava, who returned from Patiala after studying, presented two plays: Gajab Ki Hamari Kashi and a play based on the novel Geshe Jampa. It was staged at many places.
Every year, on the foundation day, a grand musical event is organized on Saraswati Puja. New singers and dancers are given opportunities.
In 2022, the Bharatendu Natya Academy organized a 30-day workshop and presented Purvanchal Ke Nayak during the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Directed by Umesh Bhatia and Naveen Chandra, it was presented in many schools.
In 2025, the play Kumbh Mahatm was staged on the Kumbh Mahaparva, a world gathering festival, which was a wonderful experience.
