came to the jwara town in the khandawa district and then bhopal soon the legendary shayars of that time started char bait writing verses he addsthe nawabs would often organise these performances during celebratory occasionsback then the four singers would be seated on a takth in each of the four corners of the room and would sing one by one sometimes it would turn into a battle of songs that became quite popular with the audience of bhopal says historian rizwan uddin ansari now the groups perform on one stage and have a conversation in the form of shayaris says mohammad it gained a lot of momentum during the reign of sikander jahan begum sultan jahan begum and nawab hamidullah khan the trio was very fond of music and dance and thus a lot of performances were held during their rule at jumerati moti mahal iqbal maidan and unani shifa khana says rizwanapart from singing skills this art needs strong facial expressions too says nusrat adding we dont want to lose this beautiful art form we are hoping to revive it and mix it with the contemporary art forms following the performances a lot of academies and private groups have come forward to book these artistes for private performances and concerts the pictures and videos from the shows and rehearsals have also incited a lot of curiosity on social mediawe wanted to open the gates of this art form for women even though this art form was born in a place where there were no women why keep them away from it now the songs are sung with so many expressions and such feeling that they strum the right chords of the heart by involving women we wanted to break the glass ceiling nusrat mehdi secretary of the madhya pradesh urdu academychar bait gained a lot of momentum during the reign of sikander jahan begum sultan jahan begum and nawab hamidullah khan the trio was very fond of music and dance and thus a lot of performances were held during their rule at jumerati moti mahal iqbal maidan and unani shifa khana historian rizwan uddin ansari