The devotees got a glimpse of 'jatra pala' (Bengali opera) amidst cacophony at the pandal of Kashi Durgotsav Samiti at Maharaja Chet Singh Fort on Saturday night. Bengali actress Sayantika was the ...

‘Bishohorir Gaan’, a form of popular Bangla indigenous theatre of north Bengal, narrates the conflicting story of Mansha Debi and Chand Sowdagar as described in ‘Mansha Mangal Kabya’. This structure ...

He has a loud booming voice that can be heard from the farthest corner on an open ground. Many regular jatra-goers often compare him with Arun Dasgupta, a leading artiste in Calcutta. After Arun died, ...

Jatra or travelling theatre, as one knows, is a form where theatre artists travel from village to village and perform to large audiences who would gather together on a field where a temporary wooden ...

Flashes of light, deafening music, a flourish of drums and then, silence. Next, half a dozen men and women enter with candles in hand. They punch the air even as the sound boxes begin to play the ...