Bhoomika Theatre Group

Bhoomika Theatre group
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Medium	Theatre
Nationality	Indian
Years active	1989 - present
Subject(s)	art
Website	http://bhoomika.in/

Bhoomika is an Indian Theatre group based in Hyderabad. It was founded in 1989 by Udaya Bhanu Garikipati.^[1] The group began its first production in 1989 with Kaki Bangaram , an adaption of Vijay Tendulkar's Pahije Jathiche. It later produced various original plays as well as adaptations in Telugu, Hindi and Deccani.

The Plays Kissa ek Ajnabhi Lash Ka, Jor Laga ke Haissa, Puthra Kameshti, Yamraj Bole Sou Saal Jiyo, Chawanny, Subbarao Ki Shahadat, a Hindi adaptation of Slavomir Mrozek’s Martyrdom Of Peter Ohey, Bharathendu Harischandra’s Andheri Nagari are some of the plays that were staged very successfully in Hyderabad, Gorakhpur, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, New Delhi etc. Some of these plays have won appreciation from critics like Kavitha Nagpal, Jayadev Taneja.

G Udaya Bhanu, The president of Bhoomika was granted a Senior Fellowship in 1999 by Ministry of Human Resource Development for working on some of the folk forms of the region like Oggu Katha, Gollasuddulu, Baindla Katha, Chidathala Ramayanam, Jamukula Katha. This research work is aimed at further enriching the group with more and more folk inputs.