বেহৰুপিয়া শিল্পী

বেহৰুপিয়া বা বাহৰুপিয়া ভাৰত, নেপাল আৰু বাংলাদেশৰ পৰম্পৰাগত পৰিৱেশন কলাৰ এজন মনোৰঞ্জনকাৰী শিল্পী।^[1] এসময়ৰ জনপ্ৰিয় আৰু ব্যাপকভাবে প্ৰচলিত এই শিল্পকৰ্মটো এতিয়া হ্ৰাস পাইছে আৰু বেছিভাগ অনুশীলনকাৰীয়ে দৰিদ্ৰতাত জীৱন কটাবলগীয়া হৈছে।^[2] এসময়ত বেহৰুপিয়াসকলে বিয়া বা অন্যান্য উৎসৱত পুলিচ, পুৰোহিত বা আন ব্যক্তিত্বৰ সাজ-পোছাক পিন্ধি নাটকীয়ভাৱে প্ৰৱেশ কৰি হুলস্থূলৰ সৃষ্টি কৰাটো সাধাৰণ কথা আছিল।^[2] এই আবিৰ্ভাৱবোৰক কেন্দ্ৰ কৰি সামাজিক নীতি আছিল যে, বেহৰুপিয়াই সাধাৰণতে কোনো ধৰণৰ ধন সংগ্ৰহ কৰিব নোৱাৰে, যদিহে তেওঁৰ প্ৰকৃত পৰিচয় ধৰা পৰে। কিন্তু যদি তেওঁ নিজৰ ভুৱা পৰিচয়ৰে দৰ্শকক সফলতাৰে পতিয়ন নিয়াবলৈ সক্ষম হয় তেন্তে যেতিয়া তেওঁ নিজ পৰিচয় প্ৰকাশ কৰিব, সমাজক মনোৰঞ্জন দিয়াৰ বাবে বকচিচ্ প্ৰদান কৰা হ’ব।

ছদ্মবেশ আৰু অনুকৰণৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত তেওঁলোকৰ বিশেষজ্ঞতাৰ বাবে মধ্যযুগীয় ভাৰতীয় ৰজাসকলে ভাল বেহৰুপিয়াসকলক চোৰাংচোৱা হিচাপে নিযুক্তি দিছিল।^[3]

ব্যুৎপত্তি আৰু বিকল্প নাম

সংস্কৃত ভাষাৰ বহু আৰু ৰূপ শব্দৰপৰা বেহৰুপিয়া শব্দটো উদ্ভৱ হৈছে। বেহৰুপিয়াৰ বাবেও বেছিভাগেই অচল শব্দ naqqal (nक़़्क़ाल বা نقّال, অৰ্থাৎ অনুকৰণ বা নকল কৰা) কমেইহে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।^[4] কেতিয়াবা বেহৰুপিয়াক কেৱল মাস্কাৰ বুলিও কোৱা হয় (मसख़रा বা مسخره, হিন্দুস্তানী ভাষাত আৰবী ঋণৰ শব্দ, আৰু জ্যেষ্ঠাৰ বা বুফুনৰ বাবে অধিক সাধাৰণ শব্দ) বা ভাণ্ড, যি ভাৰতীয় উপমহাদেশৰ পৰম্পৰাগত অভিনেতা, নৃত্যশিল্পী, গল্পকাৰ আৰু মনোৰঞ্জক।^[4]^[5]

তথ্যসূত্ৰ

↑ Saccidānandan, Sahitya Akademi, Authors speak, Sahitya Akademi, 2006, ISBN 978-81-260-1945-8, https://books.google.com/books?id=PGWa7v08JikC, "... Adaab-arz, Sir, I am a bahrupiya at your service." (A bahrupiya was a professional mime who imitated people.) That's how it happened in my days. Such things are rarely seen today ..."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "बहरूपिए: दूसरों को ख़ुश रखने वाले आज ख़ुद दुखी हैं (Behrupiyas: Today, those who cheer others are themselves unhappy)", LiveHindustan (Hindi), July 17, 2010, archived from the original on October 8, 2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061309/https://www.livehindustan.com/news/lifestyle/lifestylenews/50-50-128518.html, আহৰণ কৰা হৈছে: September 18, 2025, "... एक जमाना था, जब उन्हें सम्मान से देखा जाता था, लेकिन मनोरंजन के तौर-तरीकों में आ रहे बदलाव के साथ उनकी हालत बद से बदतर हो रही है ... शादी वाली रात की भोर बेला में ... बाहर पुलिस का एक सब-इंस्पेक्टर खड़ा डांट फटकार रहा था ... उसका आरोप था ... बारात घर में बिजली अवैध कनेक्शन से जलाई जा रही थी। घराती और बरात पक्ष वाले सुलह-सफाई में जुट गए। तनाव जब अपने चरम पर था तभी दरोगा जी ने एक जोरदार सेल्यूट झाड़कर खुद का परिचय गिरधर बहरूपिए के तौर पर दिया। लोगों के हंसी ठट्ठे के बीच बख्शीश के 100 रुपये लेकर वह तो चला गया (they were once seen with respect, but changing tastes have seen their lot go from bad to worse ... on the wedding night ... a subinspector of police was loudly accusing the wedding organizers of stealing electricity. The family members and organizers were desperately attempting to sort things out. When the tension was at its height, the inspector performed a grand salute and revealed himself to be Giridhar the Behrupiya. Amidst peals of laughter from the wedding party he collected his Baksheesh of Rs 100 and left ..."
↑ Narayan Bareth (March 10, 2010), "दम तोड़ती बहरूपिया कला (The dying art of the Behrupiyas)", BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/news/2010/03/100309_bahurupia_sr.shtml, "... राजाओं-महराजाओं के समय बहुरूपिया कलाकारों को हुकूमतों का सहारा मिलता था. लेकिन अब ये कलाकार और कला दोनों मुश्किल में ... हम रियासत के लिए जासूसी भी करते During the days of kings and emperors, behrupiya artists received state patronage. But now both the artists and the art are in difficulty ... We would also spy for the state ..."
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 S.W. Fallon, John Drew Bate, A new English-Hindustani dictionary: with illustrations from English literature and colloquial English, E.J. Lazarus, 1883, https://books.google.com/books?id=_QIVAAAAYAAJ, "... bah-rupiya; maskhara. Mime, n. 1. ek suang. 2. an actor, suangi; Mimetic, Mimetical, adj. naqli. Mimic, Mimical, adj. 1. inclined to ape, naqli. 2. consisting of imitation, naqli; hansika. Mimic, n. suangya.; naqqal; bahrupiya ..."
↑ Manohar Laxman Varadpande, History of Indian theatre, Volume 2History of Indian Theatre, Manohar Laxman Varadpande, Abhinav Publications, 1992, ISBN 978-81-7017-278-9, https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZrjC24PuDQC, "... The most popular of the medieval folk entertainers who still linger on the Indian scene are the Bhands. In Sanskrit Bhand means jester ... Bhands were patronised by the people and royalty alike ..."

[ref60popoq-1] Saccidānandan, Sahitya Akademi, Authors speak, Sahitya Akademi, 2006, ISBN 978-81-260-1945-8, https://books.google.com/books?id=PGWa7v08JikC, "... Adaab-arz, Sir, I am a bahrupiya at your service." (A bahrupiya was a professional mime who imitated people.) That's how it happened in my days. Such things are rarely seen today ..."

[livehindustan2010fhf-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "बहरूपिए: दूसरों को ख़ुश रखने वाले आज ख़ुद दुखी हैं (Behrupiyas: Today, those who cheer others are themselves unhappy)", LiveHindustan (Hindi), July 17, 2010, archived from the original on October 8, 2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061309/https://www.livehindustan.com/news/lifestyle/lifestylenews/50-50-128518.html, আহৰণ কৰা হৈছে: September 18, 2025, "... एक जमाना था, जब उन्हें सम्मान से देखा जाता था, लेकिन मनोरंजन के तौर-तरीकों में आ रहे बदलाव के साथ उनकी हालत बद से बदतर हो रही है ... शादी वाली रात की भोर बेला में ... बाहर पुलिस का एक सब-इंस्पेक्टर खड़ा डांट फटकार रहा था ... उसका आरोप था ... बारात घर में बिजली अवैध कनेक्शन से जलाई जा रही थी। घराती और बरात पक्ष वाले सुलह-सफाई में जुट गए। तनाव जब अपने चरम पर था तभी दरोगा जी ने एक जोरदार सेल्यूट झाड़कर खुद का परिचय गिरधर बहरूपिए के तौर पर दिया। लोगों के हंसी ठट्ठे के बीच बख्शीश के 100 रुपये लेकर वह तो चला गया (they were once seen with respect, but changing tastes have seen their lot go from bad to worse ... on the wedding night ... a subinspector of police was loudly accusing the wedding organizers of stealing electricity. The family members and organizers were desperately attempting to sort things out. When the tension was at its height, the inspector performed a grand salute and revealed himself to be Giridhar the Behrupiya. Amidst peals of laughter from the wedding party he collected his Baksheesh of Rs 100 and left ..."

[bbc2010rtd-3] Narayan Bareth (March 10, 2010), "दम तोड़ती बहरूपिया कला (The dying art of the Behrupiyas)", BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/news/2010/03/100309_bahurupia_sr.shtml, "... राजाओं-महराजाओं के समय बहुरूपिया कलाकारों को हुकूमतों का सहारा मिलता था. लेकिन अब ये कलाकार और कला दोनों मुश्किल में ... हम रियासत के लिए जासूसी भी करते During the days of kings and emperors, behrupiya artists received state patronage. But now both the artists and the art are in difficulty ... We would also spy for the state ..."

[ref98zaxic-4] 4.0 ^4.1 S.W. Fallon, John Drew Bate, A new English-Hindustani dictionary: with illustrations from English literature and colloquial English, E.J. Lazarus, 1883, https://books.google.com/books?id=_QIVAAAAYAAJ, "... bah-rupiya; maskhara. Mime, n. 1. ek suang. 2. an actor, suangi; Mimetic, Mimetical, adj. naqli. Mimic, Mimical, adj. 1. inclined to ape, naqli. 2. consisting of imitation, naqli; hansika. Mimic, n. suangya.; naqqal; bahrupiya ..."

[ref96mabaj-5] Manohar Laxman Varadpande, History of Indian theatre, Volume 2History of Indian Theatre, Manohar Laxman Varadpande, Abhinav Publications, 1992, ISBN 978-81-7017-278-9, https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZrjC24PuDQC, "... The most popular of the medieval folk entertainers who still linger on the Indian scene are the Bhands. In Sanskrit Bhand means jester ... Bhands were patronised by the people and royalty alike ..."

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