Partap Sehgal’s play about Bulleh Shah, descendant of Prophet Mohammad and belonging to the upper Pathan caste, whose family members opposed him becoming a disciple of the Sufi seer Shah […]
Samukha (New Delhi)’s Bulleh Shah, at Gyan Manch Read More »
Partap Sehgal’s play celebrates the life and achievements of Srinivasa Ramanujan, from a poor and modest clerk in Madras to a renowned mathematician at Cambridge, exploring the challenges he faced
Kamla Shankar Dhanwanti Foundation (Delhi)’s Ramanujan, at Gyan Manch Read More »
A collage of three stories by Partap Sehgal. Ashraf Ali directs the independent narratives into a unified, thought-provoking exploration of life’s existential crises. Part of Little Thespian’s Jashn-e-Azhar national theatre
Anuragna (New Delhi)’s Tin Gumshuda Log, at Gyan Manch Read More »
Ujjwal Chattopadhyay’s play inspired by a foreign film about the personal conflict between a retired judge and his son who defends criminals. Directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya.
Sayak’s Dharmabatar, at Academy Read More »
Dramatized from Samares Mazumdar’s novel, the third in his Animesh quartet, focusing on the journey of Animesh’s son. Scripted and directed by Sitangshu Khatua.
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Dramatized from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay by Kuntal Mukhopadhyay and directed by Debasish. A mysterious hawker sells seemingly useless things, but fruitful in the thirst for knowledge, which some people conspire to
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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 Tapan Read More »
Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad’s classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
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Adapted from Evgeny Schwartz’s satirical Russian play The Dragon (1944) by Arpita Ghosh and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. A village terrorized by a dragon finds an unlikely saviour.
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Revival of their 2002 production. Based on Ariane Mnouchkine’s dramatization of Klaus Mann’s novel on the Nazi co-option of artists, translated and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
Mukhomukhi and Tritiyo Sutra’s Mephisto, at Kala Mandir Read More »
Partap Sehgal’s latest play directed by Gauri Dewal deals with the ever-changing nature of values through the story of an intelligent woman whose life has been shaped by tragedy. Part
Unicorn Actors Studio (Delhi)’s Antaral, at Gyan Manch Read More »
Partap Sehgal’s eponymous poem dramatized and directed by Gourav Das reflects on the lives of children from Peyarabagan, the second largest slum in Kolkata, narrating their coming-of-age transition into adolescence.
Santoshpur Anuchintan’s Bachche Bade Ho Rahe Hai, at Gyan Manch Read More »
