A musical drama by Shukla Banerjee and group, which revives the legacy of Awadh’s tawaifs through narrative, Kathak, Thumri and ghazals. Set in 1881 Kolkata, the play follows an ageing courtesan as she recounts her life from the court in Lucknow to a kotha in Chitpur, bringing to light a culture of resilience, refinement and […]
Dramatized from Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s epic and directed by Goutam Halder, his long-running solo hit.
Tagore’s classic revived, directed and acted by Chaiti Ray Ghoshal. Inaugural show of the Kolkata leg at National School of Drama's Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026. Recommended: ★★★★. Read my review.
Assamese play on the life and work of Bhupen Hazarika. Written by Binod Sarma and directed by Akhilesh Hazari. Second production of the Kolkata leg at National School of Drama’s Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026.
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner, initially hostile, gradually starts narrating his story and the miraculous journey of a young Gomira dancer from a small village in Dinajpur to the world of Kolkata theatre. The researcher realizes the man's unparalleled love for theatre and this auditorium. Written […]
One of the more unusual treatments of Nati Binodini’s llife: a play within a play on her last years and her friendship with Tara Sundari, promising revelations that have not come to light previously, and including many old songs. Written by Surajit Bandyopadhyay and directed by Anindita Bandyopadhyay.
Manik Bandyopadhyay’s classic novel dramatized and directed by Parthapratim Deb.
Bengali play written and directed by Kaushik Chatterjee. Fourth production of the Kolkata leg at National School of Drama’s Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026.
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s magical story about Gaur, who loves to play the flute, and is loved by the ancient folk in his village, threatened by the arrival of a man who wants to take over everything. Dramatized and directed by Suman Sengupta. Fifth and last production of the Kolkata leg at National School of Drama’s Bharat […]
After the turbulent 1960s, young Nilambala and Uddalak cross into the thunderous calls of the 1970s. Before the stormy chaos settles, life becomes unstable again—then the change of 1977, a breeze of dreamlike euphoria. But again the tide turns, and the river of life becomes a vast low tide. Uddalak, now past sixty, appears like […]
