DEKH BEHEN | DEKH BEHEN PART TWO
Having missed out on Akvarious’s Dekh Behen the first time around, I caught up with it and its sequel at The Urban Theatre Project’s Dekh Behen weekend, serendipitously enabling me
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LA ILAAJ (Lā-ilāj)
Screen to stage comebacks face critical scepticism because the stars’ popularity generates full houses whereas the theatrical product fails to equal the best standards in the art but, since most
RAMANUJAN | JHILIMILI ANKABANKA
Biodrama in Bengali theatre has grown into a notable subgenre lately. Two of them, originally occasioned by centenaries and significant anniversaries, give spectators welcome vistas into Indian personalities of genius
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DEBI SITALAR SANDHANE | ANGINA JURE BHOR | DANA
Happily for Bengali theatre, I can announce the presence of a new, original dramatist-director, Gaurav Das, who founded Santoshpur Anuchintan with its own studio space, and has now created full-length
PADMA NADIR MAJHI | SHODH
What should one take utmost care to avoid when dramatizing a novel? Two Bengali productions provide both chastening and instructive answers. The obvious first criterion: never deviate from the key
SEI EK BINODINI!!
Surajit Banerjee’s long-time fascination with Nati Binodini leads to a rerun in Natyaranga’s Sei Ek Binodini!! (sic) Over 15 years ago, he had written Binodini Kathā, featuring a Pirandellian form
PAGLA GHODA | PASHMINA | PAR PAZEB NA BHIGE
For Jashn-e-Azhar 2026, Little Thespian invited three Hindi groups from outside Kolkata. Ekrang (Mumbai) paid homage to Badal Sircar with Pratibha Agrawal’s faithful translation, Paglā Ghodā, directed by Jayant Deshmukh.
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BASABADAL | EK LAMHA ZINDAGI
Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s programming continues to bring theatre from outside, particularly enabling us to view small-scale productions that fit their space and otherwise may not get invited to regular
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MEGHE DHAKA GHATAK | SANKO
Ritwik Ghatak’s centenary began in November, and Bengali theatre has celebrated it so far with two tribute productions: a biography and a revival. Meghe Dhākā Ghatak continues Chetana’s ongoing success
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JE JANLAGULOR AKASH CHHILO
Je Jānlāgulor Ākāsh Chhilo achieves another success for Ichheymoto. Based on two stories from Rahul Arunoday Banerjee’s book Kalkātā Kyākophoni (Cacophony), the dramatization by Saurav Palodhi conjures a profound sense of
PRASANGA: PREM
In the last of this winter’s international gigs, Sudrak hosted Aaloron from Keighley, Yorkshire, who anthologized four of Tagore’s love stories. The script by Kolkata-based Shailen Patro and Dilip Banerjee
NILAMBALA CHHE ANA
Much like the now-celebrated Je Jānlāgulor Ākāsh Chhilo and produced around the same time, Angan’s Nilāmbālā Chhe Ānā pivots the spotlight on life in Kolkata’s refugee “colonies” over the decades