Based on Mahasweta Devi’s Work

‘Kolkata Footnotes’ presents ‘Hajar Churashir Maa’, a production by Swapnasandhani, based on the cult novel by Mahasweta Devi.

• Set against the backdrop of the Naxalite movement and a period of intense political turmoil in Bengal, the play explores the complex relationship between Broti, the rebellious son of an affluent, well-established family who becomes a martyr, and Sujata, a mother who silently wages a battle against patriarchy and a political system that legitimises her son’s assassination.

• Nandini, Broti’s former partner, accompanies Sujata on her journey towards this painful yet profound realisation. Together, their stories expose not only the brutality of political oppression but also the deep-seated hypocrisy of society.