Chetana’s Marich Sambad, at Academy
Academy of Fine Arts 2, Cathedral Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaRevival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
Revival of Chetana’s classic production, written and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay.
Sudrak’s new, so-called “uneducated” satire on education written and directed by Debasis Majumdar. Read my review.
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.
Revival of the production featuring poetic text by Joy Goswami, direction by Gautam Halder and solo enactment by Bijoylakshmi Barman.
An original romantic play commemorating the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971, written by Rakesh Ghosh and directed by Parthapratim Deb. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
Harold Pinter's early drama translated into Bengali and directed by Arindam Mukherjee.
Saadat Hasan Manto's classic story dramatized and expanded by Rajesh Kumar and directed by Aloke Chakravorty in Hindi.
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.
Narayan Sanyal’s Rāni Kādambini, dramatized by Swatilekha Sengupta and directed by Sohini Sengupta, about Kadambini Ganguly’s achievements as one of the first two Indian women to graduate (1882) and earn a medical degree (1886). Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review here.
Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.