Ebong Indrajit
Ten Classical Plays of Indian Theatre
Theatre has long been a means of not just entertaining the crowd but also of educating the audience about diverse issues that plague the society. It is probably for this reason that theatre is not everyone’s first preference when they are thinking of what to do on a Sunday evening. The good thing is, recent years have seen a rise in the number of theatre goers. If you’ve been skeptical about going to the theatre, here are the top ten classical plays of Indian theatre that will convince you to book tickets for a show right away. | Click Here...
Modern Indian Plays by Badal Sircar
Badal Sarkar has written more than fifty plays of which Ebong Indrajit, Basi Khabar, and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces. Though his early comedies were popular, it was his angst-ridden Ebong Indrajit (And Indrajit) that became a landmark play in Indian theatre. Today, his rise as a prominent playwright in the 1960s is seen as the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Bengali. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honor in the performing arts by Govt. of India, in 1997. | Click Here...