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Anchoring a cultural reformation
22 Jan 2022 5:45 PM GMTOnly the second Bengali playwright to have won the Sahitya Akademi Award, Bratya Basu, a literary revolutionist, is taking forward the rich legacy of...
Quest for simple but sublime truths
20 Feb 2021 5:14 PM GMTIf a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies— Quentin Tarantino That's the art of film-making. A neatly woven script...
'Understanding' is more significant than 'mercy': Bratya
17 Feb 2021 5:28 PM GMTYou are directing a film after 10 years. How has direction and acting through these 10 years enriched you or motivated you to direct films again?I...
Re-visioning Devdas
4 Feb 2020 3:37 PM GMTThe stage presentation of the cult novella Devdas by Dum Dum Bratyajon, in the form of a musical opera, is visibly an attempt to deconstruct the...
Bratya Basu wins prestigious Dinabandhu Mitra Puroskar
27 Nov 2019 3:26 PM GMTBratya Basu, the theatre sensation of Bengal has won this year's prestigious Dinabandhu Mitra Puroskar conferred by Paschim Banga Natya Akademi, a...
'Bhoy' – The manifested fear
4 March 2019 3:55 PM GMTA play by ‘Thealight’, ‘Bhoy’ showcases convolutions of self-contradictions of human selves triggered by changing social, political and ideological...
Shab Charitra Kalponik: The Imagined Real
17 Dec 2018 3:43 PM GMTScience and common belief have been at loggerheads for ages now. Legendary writer Parashuram, a chemist and a lexicographer as well, has presented the...
Indrarang Mahotsav gaining popularity with time
25 Nov 2018 2:29 PM GMTThe second year of Indrarang Mahotsav extrapolated the zest of iconic Bengali Puja festival in the northern fringes of Kolkata. The inaugural ceremony...
Cravings between life and death
4 Nov 2018 3:08 PM GMTBratya Basu's literary invasion into the near-death experience (NDE) is a twist in the tale of otherwise a gripping story of soul searching of a...
Athoi Jal Unplugging Bibhutibhushan on stage
28 Jun 2018 5:35 PM GMTWith the stage adaptation of Bibhutibhushan’s novel, Bratya Basu continues his dominance in stage direction thus paying a befitting tribute to...
Curtains fall on International Theatre Festival in Kolkata
5 Jun 2018 3:46 PM GMTThe 7th edition of International Theatre Festival, a six day long theatre extravaganza which was organized by Kalindi Bratyajon in Kolkata wrapped up...
Children's magical performance charms the audience on Day 3 of theatre festival
1 Jun 2018 4:16 PM GMTThe third overseas theatre troupe of the festival, Center of Artistic Creativity, Egypt, headed by Md. Habib performed 'Flashback'. The short play...