# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhikhari-thakur
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:31.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhikhari-thakur"
name: "Bhikhari Thakur"
slug: "bhikhari-thakur"
description: "Bhikari Thakur was an Indian Bhojpuri language poet, playwright, lyricist, actor, folk dancer, folk singer and social activist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Bhojpuri language and most popular folk writer of Purvanchal and Bihar. Thakur is often called the \"Shakespeare of Bhojpuri\" and \"Rai Bahadur\". His works consist of more than a dozen plays, Monologues, poems, and Bhajans, which were printed in nearly three dozen books. His noteworthy works include Bidesiya, Gabarghichor, Beti Bechwa and Bhai Birodh. Gabarghichor is often compared with Bertolt Brecht's play The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Thakur is known as the father of the naach folk theatre tradition. He is also credited as the first person to cast male actors in female roles."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bhikhari_Thakur.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1887-12-18"
deathDate: "1971-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.377952755905512
  historical:           9.799069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3098812"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump