Four childhood friends from the 1990s grow up and go different ways, passing through youthful romances, heated arguments and political movements, testifying to changing times through the decades. Dramatized from […]
Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo, at Academy Read More »
Debasis Majumder‘s new play on the fragility of human relationships and the pain of breaking them. It highlights three major forms of separation: death, which is a natural consequence to
Sudrak’s Morche Para Alo, at Academy Read More »
Sayak’s new production, written by Arijit Biswas, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. An old party wholetimer in a village guards a ruined building that once was his local party office. Vested
Sayak’s Kundu-babu, at Academy Read More »
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a
Aneek’s Angina Jure Bhor, at Academy Read More »
Dramatized from Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Arun Mukherjee. The story revisits the historic Tebhaga Movement of 1946-47 in Bengal, where Haran, an old sharecropper, has gone half-mad after police
Jadavpur Ramyani’s Haraner Natjamai, at Rabindra Sadan Read More »
Based on the exceptional life, works, thoughts and times of renowned astrophysicist and nuclear scientist Meghnad Saha, one of the greatest figures who shaped modern India. He fought against caste-based
Natya-anan’s Meghnad, at Academy Read More »
Dario Fo’s comedy The Virtuous Burglar, adapted and directed by Amitava Dutta. A robber breaks into an apartment, but his plans are complicated when he discovers he’s not alone, has
Ganakrishti’s Mastuto Vice, at Academy Read More »
Biographical drama on Nati Binodini co-written by Abanti Chakraborty and Sibashis Bandyopadhyay, and directed by Abanti Chakraborty. Read my review.
Angik’s Binodini Opera, at Birla Sabhagar Read More »
My new book has appeared from Seagull, Kolkata. Read a review in Indian Express. Here are the Contents and a review in The Statesman:
CENTRESTAGE: Essays on Theatre, Indian and Intercultural Read More »
Revived production based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Crime Passionnel about a Communist plot of political assassination, adapted into Bengali and directed by Arpita Ghosh.
Pancham Vaidic’s Rajnaitik Hatya?, at Academy Read More »
Dramatized from Samaresh Majumdar, and directed by Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. A young boy, lost during a festival, takes refuge under a “Master” who imparts the ultimate philosophy of life: to stop
Curtain Call’s Bahaman, at Academy Read More »
Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.
Chakdah Natyajan’s Ekta Iskul, at Girish Read More »
