Second day of 3-day festival, featuring Sitayan by Dsyti Lokkala Sanverdhan Akademi (Pinguli, Maharashtra) directed by Ganapat Sakharam Masge, and Agadum Baghadum by Not-a-Storyteller (Hridaypur) directed by Avik Bhattacharya.
A psychiatrist is visited by a young man who has severe hallucinations that connect him to Van Gogh and his paintings, questioning his own reality and that of his surroundings, and longing to visit the alternate reality in the paintings. Excerpts from Van Gogh’s life show nearly parallel crises. Dramatized from Srijato’s novel and directed […]
A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his object of desire. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak (of Baghdad Wedding), this is the comic tale of three men experiencing […]
Dramatist-director Debasish’s biodrama about Panchanan Karmakar, the first creator of Bengali moveable typeface in the 18th century, based on Rajat Chakraborti’s novel Panchananer Haraph. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review. Three performances, at 10:30, 2:30 and 6:30.
A philosophical young woman with her therapist on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up and falling in love. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the reality blurs. A bittersweet story about confronting the truth. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. Recommended: ★★★★. Next performance on the 7th.
Concluding day of 3-day festival, featuring the host group's The Archer Stood Alone, on the Ekalavya story, directed by Sudip Gupta; Nicov Botelladearroz (Colombia)'s Rebirth directed by Nicolas Bernal; and Rang-Berang (Kolkata)'s Sidhel Kathi, directed by Atish Mukherjee.
An unusual play where Marx appears today and tries to explain his theories to a Bengali labourer. Written by Dhrubajyoti Chakrabarti and directed by Kushal Chattopadhyay.
A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his object of desire. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak (of Baghdad Wedding), this is the comic tale of three men experiencing […]
A philosophical young woman with her therapist on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up and falling in love. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the reality blurs. A bittersweet story about confronting the truth. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. Recommended: ★★★★.
A Palestinian actor learns there’s more to English girls than sex appeal. A Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what’s wrong with his first novel. A British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his tech object of desire. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak (of Baghdad Wedding), this is a satire of three men experiencing […]
