Binodini opera is a music-based drama written and directed by Abanti Chakraborty, with Shibashis Bandopadhyay as Co-Writer and Rudroroop Mukhopadhyay playing the role of a dramaturg.

This ensemble cast based theatre revolves around the life and chronicles of Nati Binodini Dasi, the prima donna of Bengali Theatre of 18th Century. Binodini Dasi, coming from the so-called prohibited quarters of a harlot’s bed, had risen to be the star of theatre by sheer practice, perseverance, and penance. Guided by her Guru Girish Ghosh, she had left no stones unturned to have a theatre for the public. Debauched and denuded by her male counterparts, she silently left the stage at the zenith of her career.

The theatre embodies an ensemble cast with the historical presence of Girish Ghosh,Amritalal Basu, Gurmuk Roy, Kumar Bahadur, Rangababu and a plethora of the then who’s who of Bengali theatre. The theatre attempts to question the patriarchal hierarchy of contemporary times through a narrative of songs and expository performances. Interestingly, enough, the presence of patriarchy has not much mired with time.

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Venue: GD Birla Sabhaghar

GD Birla Sabhaghar

Ballygunge,Kolkata

Organizer:অপরাজিত
Director:অবন্তী চক্রবর্তী (Abanti Chakraborty)
Writer:অবন্তী চক্রবর্তী ও শিবাশীষ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
Artists:সুদীপ্তা চক্রবর্তী,সুজন মুখোপাধ্যায়,পদ্মনাভ দাসগুপ্ত,অভিজিৎ গুহ,বিশ্বজিৎ দাস,তথাগত চৌধুরী,ইন্দুদিপা সিনহা,দোয়েল রায় নন্দী, স্বেতা মুখার্জী,সর্বানী ভট্টাচার্য,প্রকাশ ভট্টাচার্য,সচিন হালদার, কৌশিক দাস, বিদিশা চক্রবর্তী