Nrusinhavatar (pronounced [nrusĩhavətar]) is one of the two Gujarati plays written by Manilal Nabhubhai Dwivedi, the other is Kanta.

[1] Due to curse of Sanaka and others, Vishnu's gatekeepers Jay and Vijay are reborn on earth as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu to sage Kashyap.

When Hiranyakashipu learns that Hiranyaksha is killed by Varaha incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu, he swear to take revenge.

[2] The principal characters are: The play recounts the Hindu puranic mythological tale of Nrusinhavatar, an avatar of Vishnu with a picture of contemporary household.

Some songs including "Tum Tananan Harigun Gao..." and "Premkala Balihari" became very popular then.

[3][5] Nrusinhavatar was first staged on 18 February 1899[5] by the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali, a year after the death of Dwivedi.

It was commercially unsuccessful probably because its director and the actor playing the lead character of Hiranyakashipu were Parsis.

[3][2][6][1] The success was attributed to mythological characters, use of local dialects, colloquy of jester and use of sarcasm by stage-manager who instigates quarrels in the play.