Ekti Avastav Galpo - Natyoshala

Natyoshala enacted the play 'Ekti avastav Galpo' written by Bimal Banerjee on 15th march at Anantik's saraswati puja celebtation at the University Church, 5655 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. It was a brilliant performance much appreciated by the Bengali crowd assembled for the occasion. While the funny dialogues (specially of Ramsingh) got the audience burst into laughter, the grief and helplessness of K-Mandal touched the hearts of all. The swings in the mood of the play meticulously acted out by the performers through a well-organized team effort aptly supported by the light and the music presented the audience with a perfect drama experience.
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The cast and crew -

Actors in order of appearance -
Charan - Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Pada - Arnab Banerjee
Jailor - Malay Mandal
Doctor - Joideep Moitra
Nakul - Saurav Chakraborty
Kamal - Koushik Banerjee
Bachaspati - Tirthajyoti Sarkar
K-Mandal - Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya
RamSingh - Swarnava Chowdhury

Direction - Dibyendu Bhattacharya

Music - Suman Sinha Roy

This satire revolves around an impossible tale. Impossible – because it is a story about a man who has came back from the embrace of certain death. In the eyes of the society he is a convict, condemned to death and taken to gallows. His offense has been unpardonable as he has mercilessly killed his wife. The law-abiding, peaceful citizens of the society are horrified at this vile crime and agree almost unanimously on the capital punishment by 'hanging till death'.

However, miraculously the man survives the first attempt of execution. But he loses his memory and can not remember anything about himself or his offense. In a desperate bid to remind him of his crime the police, the doctor and the priest try to enact the very scene of his killing his wife. A drama within a drama builds up. And finally, the man gets back his groove. He recounts the story of his life. We get to see what led to a simple peasant, a loving husband, a caring father turn into a killer. And there, perhaps, ever so slightly a doubt creeps in our mind. A doubt about the true identity of the killer – is it the helpless defeated, bound man or someone else?