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Dwijendra Lal Roy's 1908 tragedy Nur Jahan, directed by Debasish Ray. The historical drama retells the life of Nur Jahan.
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Adapted into Bengali from Arthur Miller's classic A View from the Bridge, about illegal migrants, by Kaberi Basu and directed by Buddhadeb Das. |
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Mohit Chattopadhyaya's Bengali adaptation of Russian dramatist Aleksei Arbuzov's Old World, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Written and directed by Suman Sengupta, a portrayal of the dilemma of an accomplished commercial artist who sells out to the ruthless and competitive contemporary ratrace.
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Raaga, from Patna, presents this play in Hindi directed by Randhir Kumar. |
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Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi's play on Gandhiji's relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★
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About rural superstition exploiting young girls, dramatized from Sayantani Putatunda and directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
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Samagam, from Jabalpur, presents this Hindi play directed by Swati Dubey. |
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Translated by Sankha Ghosh from Girish Karnad's classic folk-based play Hayavadana, and directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay.
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Sumukha Rang Mandal from Delhi presents Rudali in Hindi and Rajasthani, directed by Arvind Singh. |
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Unicorn Actors Studio (Delhi) presents Arthur Miller's play in Hindi, directed by Happy Ranajit. |
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Flying Feathers Art Association (Delhi) presents Black Board Land in Hindi, directed by Rajesh Singh. |
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Adapted from Pirandello's Right You Are If You Think So and directed by Arpita Ghosh. Recommended: ★★★★
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Awara from Mumbai presents 7:40 ki Ladies Special in Hindi, directed by Viren Basoya.
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Triveni from Vadodara presents Kanasari in Gujarati, directed by P S Chari. |
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Actor-director Goutam Halder has dramatized Mitali from Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights", about a young man who narrates how he fell in love with a woman. |
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Ajitesh Bandopadhyay's adaptation of Pirandello's metatheatrical classic, Henry IV, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review. |
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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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Sanyogsutra's Jyajamashai, written and directed by Sumitro Bandyopadhyay, about the relationship between a man and his uncle in a north Kolkata family.
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Inspired by true events, this play dramatizes the efforts to end the sex trafficking and prostitution that a village has relied on economically for generations, and replace it with girls’ education and empowerment. Written by American dramatist-director Bobbi Ausubel. |
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Dario Fo's political satire Can't Pay, Won't Pay (1974) adapted into Bengali by Bismay Ray and directed by Bimal Chakrabarti. |
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Translated from Inherit the Wind, about the Scopes Trial in the US, and directed by Chandan Sen. Recommended viewing: ★★★★ Read my review: A-pabitra. |
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Sourced from Abby Mann's Judgment at Nuremberg about the Nazi trials and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.
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The highly popular 1932 play written by Rabindranath Maitra, directed by Sima Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★
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Rangapat's Medea. Euripides' classic tragedy in Bengali directed by Tapanjyoti Das. Recommended viewing: ★★★★ Read my review. |
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Mangalik’s longest-running production, dramatized from Syed Mustafa Siraj and directed by Samir Biswas. A comedy about a "dead" man coming alive. Recommended viewing: ★★★★ |
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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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Selim Al Deen's play about a village fair in Bangladesh where a troupe goes to perform, directed by Saurav Palodhi. |
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A metaphorical Bengali play written and directed by Ayan Banerjee about the all-encompassing system that runs our lives, which simultaneously makes and breaks, preserves and destroys us. |
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From Howard Fast's novel about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, dramatized and directed by Kaushik Chattopadhyay.
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Written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay, comedy and romance come together in an old-age home. |
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Crafts Council of West Bengal and Artisana's festival from November 1 to 10. |
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Gombeyata (traditional Karnataka puppetry) that tells Yakshagana mythological stories, by K V Ramesh's troupe from Kasaragod. Three performances between 12 pm to 6:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ |
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Ravana Chhaya, the very rare and beautiful form of shadow-puppet theatre from Odisha, presented by the disciple of legendary puppeteer Kolha Charan Sahoo. Three performances between 12 pm and 5:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★
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Mayurbhanj Chhau, the mask-less form of Chhau from Odisha, not normally seen in Kolkata, presented by Bibhu Datta. Three performances between 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm. Presented by Crafts Council of West Bengal as part of their 10-day Utsav. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ |