Poju Mimak, at EZCC
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre EZCC, Broadway Road, Sector 3, Bidhannagar, West Bengal, IndiaFourth evening of the 4-day Arunachal Rang Mahotsav.
Fourth evening of the 4-day Arunachal Rang Mahotsav.
Ichchhemato's Ghum Nei, based on Utpal Dutt's early play about lorry drivers, directed by Saurav Palodhi. Highly recommended ★★★★★. Winner of META awards. Read my review.
Rangalok’s Hantārak, written by Tirthankar Chanda and directed by Shyamal Chakraborty, about a professor who, fed up by the failure of law and order, politics and media, took matters into his own hands. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
Ichchhemato's Mantu o Marx, written by Dhrubajyoti Chakrabarti, directed by Kushal Chattopadhyay. An unusual play where Marx appears today and tries to explain his theories to a Bengali labourer.
Prachya's Manikarnikay Manika, adapted into contemporary India from Sartre's Respectful Prostitute by Anshuman Bhowmick and directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
Theatre Workshop's Agnishajya, Utpal Dutt's play about Ram Mohun Roy's anti-sati activism, directed by Ashok Mukhopadhyay.
Chakdah Natyajan's production of Utpal Dutt's Barricade, about the Nazis' strategies of establishing fascism democratically, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. Recommended: ★★★★ Read my review.
Nandikar's Panchajanya, directed by Sohini Sengupta, written by Parthapratim Deb. The play dramatizes the story of Krishna.
Written and directed by Debashis. An imaginative account of the conflict between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah. Highly recommended: ★★★★★ Read my review.
Sandipani is written by Anirban Sen and directed by Abir Ghosh for Pragati (Liluah), concerning a professor who tells his students about Che Guevara.