Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma

Chhotalal Rukhdev Sharma (died 1926) was a Gujarati playwright.

Biography He had studied Sanskrit in childhood and had studied Raghuvansh by Kalidas. His first play Madhav Vilas (1899) was produced by Amdavad Gujarati Natak Company. He had a long career with Deshi Natak Samaj. He used unconventional Savaiya, Shikharini and Totak metres in musical plays instead of popular Betabaji metre. He wanted to start his own theatre company so he had consulted poet Fulchandbhai Shah to write Rajhans based on Dashakumaracharitra but he died soon in 1926.

Works His plays are as follows: +