Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar met the family members of renowned ‘Nacha’ (dance and drama) artiste Padmashri late Govind Ram Nirmalkar at his native village Mohara of Rajnandgaon district on Sunday.
Chandrakar expressed profound grief over demise of the theatre artiste and consoled the bereaved family members.He said that late Padmashri Govind Ram Nirmlakar was a great theatre artiste and his demise was an irreparable loss to the Nacha art and folk art.He directed the Rajnandgaon District Collector Ashok Agrawal to name a school or square in the name of the late artist.Chairman of Rajgami Sampada, Santosh Agrawal, former chairman of Mandi, Komal Singh Rajput, Alok Shroti and a number of public representatives and officers were present on the occasion.
It is pertinent to mention that the Padmashri late Govind Ram Nirmalkar had breathed his last after a prolonged illness at BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital on July 27 in Raipur. Padmashri Govind Ram Nirmalkar, a Nacha theatre artist rose to fame after playing key roles in Habib Tanvir’s plays ‘Charandas Chor’ and ‘Agra Bazaar’.