An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to blur. A bittersweet story about finding meaning—if there is any at all. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. More performances on the 5th, 6th and […]
A young researcher visits an old, dilapidated hall in north Kolkata, whose octogenarian owner 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 commercial theatre, as well as the complicated lives of others around him. Written and directed by […]
Inaugural day of 3-day festival, featuring Ekir Mikir's Santragachhir Jhil, Sagen Rakab Sosar Gaunta's Chadar Badar, and the highly-recommended (★★★★★) Taming of the Wild by the host group directed by Sudip Gupta.
Written and directed by Debasish, set in the Tripura hills about the friendship of two boys as they grow up.
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 […]
An oddly philosophical young woman on a whimsical, chaotic ride through growing up, falling in love and falling apart. Somewhere between a breakdown and a breakthrough, the truth begins to blur. A bittersweet story about finding meaning—if there is any at all. Written and directed by Dhrreti Bhatt. More performances on the 6th and 7th.
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.
