Translated by Arun Mukherjee from Ajit Dalvi’s play on Gandhiji’s relationship with his son, and directed by Sujan Mukherjee. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

The record-breaking comedy that has had an uninterrupted run since 1972, with over 1200 performances. Written and directed by the late Saroj Ray for his own group Natasena.

A play written by Parthapratim Deb dramatizing the story of Krishna, directed by Sohini Sengupta.

Not biographical, but a fictional drama showing the profound influence that film director Rituparno had as an icon. Rakesh Ghosh wrote and directed it in 2013, about a young transgender man teased on the street as “Rituparno”, who wants to join the crowd at Nandan paying homage to his idol after the latter's death.

Utpal Dutt’s classic play, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★

The West Bengal Government has organized its annual Natyamela of Bengali theatre from February 5 till February 13, with free admission for everyone. Every afternoon and evening, 80 groups from all over the state will stage their productions at the state-run auditoriums in Kolkata: Rabindra Sadan, Girish Mancha, Madhusudan Mancha, Sisir Mancha, Tripti Mitra Natyagriha […]

Intimate theatre directed by Jayoti Bose, part of the 24th Natyamela.

Ratan Kumar Das's new play about a lonely man whose only attachments left are his daughter and his home. Everything has changed around him: relationships and the times. Directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.

A blind and wheelchair-bound youth, highly intelligent, wants to know about light from his physicist father. Written and directed by Suman Sengupta. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.

An ebullient Bengali pastiche of Hamlet. 4th Bell debuted in 2011 with this play, deliberately and delectably perverting Shakespeare’s tragedy into a festive comedy written and directed by Aniruddha Dasgupta. Recommended: ★★★★. Free admission as part of the 24th Natyamela.