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Operational Districts: Kolkata

Operational States: WEST BENGAL

AchieveMents: About Purba Paschim Purba Paschim was launched in the year 2005, with Bratya Basu’s play ‘Babli’. Since then Purba Paschim has been our pride, and who knows, might be the ‘neighbor’s envy’ also. In the debut year, ‘Babli’ had the unique distinction of touring France, UK and USA, and receiving appreciation and accolade all around. We vowed to keep up the good work. Next year, after a conspicuous absence for about two decades, Brecht returned to the city of kolkata with a bang, and Purba Paschim was the proud facilitator. Based on his famous play ‘Good Person of Setzuan’, the Bengali adaptation ‘Angshumati’ stormed the city and the state as well, under the direction of Ramaprasad Banik, a leading playwright-director-actor of this time. Full house in kolkata, and demand from various parts of the state speak volumes about its success. Now comes an Indian play by none other than Grish Karnad, considered one of the very best of our modern playwrights. According to the director of play ,Bhibhas Chakraborty , Mr Karnad’s ‘The Fire and the Rain’ (original Kannad title, ‘Agni Mattu Male’), based on an episode of Mahabharata, set in the background of our ‘Vedic’ and ‘Desi’ traditions, is nothing short of classic, which inspired him to prepare a Bengali playscript under the title ‘Agnijal’. And this is also precisely the reason why Mr. Chakraborty , while directing the play for Purba Paschim, chose to work with a team of country’s best designers like Bhaskar Chandravarkar, Kriti B Sharma, Dilip Tamuley. After Agnijal, Purba Paschim staged another important theatre based on Rabindra Nath Tagore’s novel ‘Chaturanga’. The versatile features of these novel and a journey gave theatre lovers a different essence of beauty. Chaturanga hits the heart of theatre passion with its music, stage craft, lighting and moreover acting. This is now talk of the town running in full house. Very Recently Purba Paschim has produced ‘Diba Ratrir Kabya’ – from a Novel Of Manik Bandopadhayay and Directed by Arun Mukhopadhayay. This has been successfully launched in the Odeon Festival. In the year 2009, Purba Paschim launched its new Theatre Patol Babu Filmstar based on Satyajit Ray’s story & directed by Ramaprasad Banik. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Shabana Azmi , Sandip Ray & many noted personalities. This production is now a talk of the town. Apart from theatre production, Purba Paschim organizes workshops, academic session, seminars regularly and published a yearly magazine on Theatre. In the year 2009 , Purba Paschim paid attribute to Habib Tanvir organizing an exhibition on the legendary theatre personality. The exhibition was inaugurated by Girish Karnad & attended by Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal, Ms Anuradha Kapoor, Director National School of Drama. This programme was followed by a Theatre Festival where all the productions of Purba Paschim were performed & Naya Theatre was invited to perform Charandas Chor.