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Devinder Singh head of Theatre Department Khalsa College says that keeping the folk theatre relevant is the biggest challenge. “Just like Bengal's yatra theatre and UP's nautanki our folk theatre genres such as saangh or mimicry and transition theatre such as behrupiye or nakkaals do not get much attention or visibility in the mainstream cultural landscape. But if it needs revival mainstream theatre devices will have to be employed to raise them to a bigger platform” he said. He says that the folk theatre forms of Punjab need similar approach of theatre revival like that in Maharashtra Assam or Bengal. “Their folk theatre has gone international because they managed to strike a balance between modern themes and originality of folk theatre..