UNFORGETTABLE BRIJ KISHORI NAKHASI ZUTSHI (1947-2025)

                                            

UNFORGETTABLE  BRIJ KISHORI NAKHASI ZUTSHI  (1947-2025 )

I had seen her many times in Rainawari. She lived a little away from  our house across the Jogilanker Bridge in Rainawari  . Her uncle ,Dr DN Nakhasi was our family doctor . I had  heard her voice  many times in plays broadcast from Radio Kashmir ,Srinagar. I had seen her act on stage. She was flawless and made her presence felt . She had the dash and ability to carry herself with dignity ,  conviction and courage. Once we were told that in her capacity as the leader of the AG Employees Association, she led a gathering of employees demonstrating at  Amirkadal in Srinagar city. I met her in 2022 . She had come to India International Centre ,New Delhi to  attend Padamashri Pran Kishore Kaul's book release function presided over jointly  by  N N Vora and Ghulam Nabi Azad. In that function, Prof Shafi Shauq and I read the critical review of the book. After the function was over , she told me this in presence of  Shantiveer Kaul:-

" I have come only to listen to you  and see you in person.  I am a great admirer of your  write-ups . It gives me happiness to know that you are  from Rainawari and thus my "maleun boiy"  ( brother from my parental home ) . Pran Ji is versatile. I know him and have worked under his direction in many plays. I know his calibre . But believe me , I was telling Shantiveer also that  'I came here to see Avtar Ji' .

And in his book ,"Radio Kashmir And My Days in Broadcasting " , Padamashri Pran Kishore Kaul has written this about  Brij Kishori :-

" A tigress of an actor, Brij Kishori was an officer in the AG's Office . She was a versatile actor who could carry off the most difficult role with adorable ease . She was as effective on radio  as on the stage and later on in television productions too. Self made, Brij Kishori had the confidence and the spirit to fight for a cause which very few women of her age and her time could have ." 

Sadgati And Moksha to her noble soul . Brij Kishori  will be missed by her  admirers . 

( Avtar Mota )

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