বিনোদিনী অপেরা
- 05 May, 24
- 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
- Academy of Fine Arts: Kolkata
- 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 p ublic. 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.
