Gopi Kishen Bahar, legendary poet, writer, performer of J&K talks about his career in acting, writing and ‘Hapatvole’
#PagahKathBaath with the legendary Gopi Kishen Bahar details the journey his journey about his career in acting, writing, poetry, and folklore ‘Hapatvole’ and Ladishah.
Jammu, October 06, 2022: Gopi Kishen Bahar, renowned actor, writer, radio, stage, and TV artist of
J&K talks about his career in dancing, acting, writing, poetry, and folklore ‘Hapatvole’ and Ladishah in
PagahKatbaath with #TRN host Bharti Kaul.
In our series of PagahKatbaath, Gopi Kishen Bahar talks to Bharti Kaul on his career in acting,
writing, poetry, and folklore ‘Hapatvole’ and Ladishah.
Gopi Kishen Bahar as a performer needs no introduction to Kashmiris and is a household name due
to his multifaceted personality besides being an equally able writer and actor.
Gopi Kishen Bahar has charted his path through sheer hard work, passion and sincerity and is
equally an enthusiastic Ladishah performer of the state.
Gopi Kishen Bahar was born in the family of landlords in Dever Tral and was attracted to artistic field
right from his childhood and started writing poetry from 8 th standard and used to participate in skits
in his childhood and says his main aim was to spread happiness among the people through his
performances.
Akaash Dramatic Club Tral which was established by Bahar staged first programme ‘Aalav’ in his
home village Tral which was widely appreciated by the people who watched the performance and
later started participating in radio programmes even though his dream of working in the Radio was
not realised.
Bahar started his monologue at Radio and started Ladishah which too was a popular programme
among the people.
About his popular programme ‘Hapatvole’ he gives his credit to legendary radio artist Pushkar Bhan
who introduced Bahar to it and recited a piece of ‘Hapatvole’ which became tremendously popular
among the children and says till date people know him by the name ‘Hapatvole’.
Talking about his college days Bahar says that once in his college there was commotion in the hall
among students and it was chaotic for which he was invited to stage to recite ‘Hapatvole’ which
stopped the commotion at once and all the students came back to the auditorium.
About Ladishah Bahar he says that he was invited by Doordarshan for Ladishah and first performed
before the legendary Saqi Sahab who appreciated his voice and told him his voice was perfect for
the Ladishah.
It is worthwhile to mention here that Gopi Kishen Bahar will be regularly presenting LADISHAH on
TRN channel from next Sunday onwards.
To watch the full interview of Gopi Kishen Bahar please click the video link above.
