Vinod takes to drinking and bringing nautch girls home. He was an authority on pre-1947 Lahore and Nautch. However, there is not much similarity between the Devadasis and the nautch girls. Singers of the nautch party used thumri, dadra, ghazal and geet. During the Mughal era and British raj, nautch girls regularly performed at durbars. In addition, she found success in Europe with another Indian-themed ballet, "The Nautch" in 1908. The traditional rod puppet form of West Bengal is known as "Putul Nautch". While smoking and drinking in the Harmandir Sahib, he watched the dances of nautch girls. In 1802, Ranjit Singh married Moran Sarkar, a Muslim nautch girl. He has never seen the nautch girl Ramkali, who works for him. The nautch girls were mostly from Muslim "gharanas". She was a nautch girl before she became a queen. The previous occupant was Shamshad Begum (Shakeela), a famous mujrewali (nautch girl). In "Amber", she acted the role of the nautch dancer only a short time before. The nautch party musicians historically played four instruments&colon; sarangi, tabla, manjeera and dholak.