Over the time, I discovered that I wanted to be in this gamut of culture and this realization happened to me at a very young age. “Puppetry was just a hobby in the initial years. Roy broke all the stereotypes and carved her career in an unconventional profession, which many still consider a hobby or a pastime. There are cultural variations in the outlook of the puppets all across the world. The human counterpart is on stage and behind, controlling the puppets. Representational objects are used as characters, controlled by puppeteer, to unfold a drama. It is more of an artistic expression of storytelling. I was fortunate enough that my parents were always supportive and there was no restriction or hurdles on my way, it has been a boon for me and led to my success,” she said. “This all started when my mother bought me a puppet at a very young age and the idea of breathing life into the inanimate objects, made out of materials intrigued me a lot.
Roy was involved in this art form at an early age. With some new techniques incorporated in her shows of puppetry, Anurupa Roy, a puppeteer based in Delhi and founder of Katkatha foundation has been able to create a major space for the art, other than the conventional Rajasthani kathputli.
Puppetry had a strenuous path and was never acknowledged in the same manner as other art forms have been appraised. NEW DELHI: The art of puppetry is more than 3000 years old and has been revived as a prominent art form lately.
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