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Three-day drama festival of Bengali plays:Aparajita by Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Teni Da by Narayan Gangopadhyaya, & Bhoy by Bratya Basu


The Bengali School, Navlakha, Indore, in collaboration with Paschim Banga Natya Akademy, Ministry of Culture, Govt of West Bengal has organised three-day drama festival of Bengali plays to be staged at Ravindra Natya Grah on Jan 25, 27 and 28.
The three plays will be staged by theatre groups from Kolkata, who staged the same plays in India and abroad recently.
As shared by club president Asit Ganguli, “This will be the first time when the theatre lovers of Indore can witness contemporary professional Bengali theatre of different genres.” He added that the plays have been selected to showcase a variety of subjects.
“The plays will be entertaining, but will provide the apprentices of this art ample opportunity for contemplation, and to the serious spectator - adequate material to ponder,” Ganguli said.
The three plays to be staged are:
·         Aparajita by Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore
It is a drama based on three short stories.
·         Teni Da by Narayan Gangopadhyaya
The drama is slapstick comedy bringing a lot of queer characters. The story melts down to an adventurous detective plot and this gang of four encounter a series of fun-packed episodes. The plot has a soft and subtle love-story also.
·         Bhoy by Bratya Basu
It is a psychological thriller.



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