KRISHNAPURER RUPKATHA

KRISHNAPURER RUPKATHA

Brindaban with Friend Sridam

Brindaban with Villagers

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This old age saying has remained through the entire journey of human polity. Still, there appear to be times when a subtle reminder of this saying becomes necessary for the benefit of common people. KRISHNAPURER RUPKATHA, a black comedy, attempts to do the same. With the help of fantasy, fun, magic and cruel realism, this play tries to emphases that it is not the inherent vice of power, but the lack of its proper realization and utilization that gives power its bad name.

Brindaban, an honest milkman of Krishnapur, toil hard to keep the pot boiling.A man of principles and values, he denounces dishonest means to make profit, and thus remains poor. Out of utter desperation, he lets his son go astray and live a wealthier life. At this juncture, Jataibaba, the local guru, comes to the rich and powerful that has caused her misery. At Jataibaba's insistance, Brindaban takes Kamala home. Jataibaba, with his magical powers, gives back Kamala her lost Vigour. With the blessings of the Goddess of Wealth, Brindaban and his friends are liberated from all miseries. Dipendranath, local tyrant landlord, is ousted from the power, and the power of the common honest man is established. 

As the play progresses, the power of common man gradually gets concentrated to the power of Brindaban, and Krishnapur witnesses the birth of a new Dipendranath in a new guise. The misery of Kamala returns.

Cast : 
Gora : Kamal Chattopadhay
Kamala : Nandini Bhowmik
Brindaban : Bimal Chakraborty
Haradhan : Nitai Hembram
Sridam : Sanjib Chowdhury
Alakshmi : Sarbani Saha
Achala : Sarbani Bhattacharya
Laxmi : Nandini Bhowmik
Jagannath : Saikat Bhattacharya
Dipendranath : Sandip Suman Bhattacharya
Fakir Chand : Pintu Das
Jataibaba : Biplab Naha Biswas
Patainanda : Triguna Shankar
Madhu : Ashis Das
Sri Vishnu / Shyamapada : Bikash Kali Ghosh
Sardar : Partha Pratim Das
Villagers : Sankar Mukherjee, Bappa Bangal, Monojit Dey,
Sandipan Dutta, Moumita Ghosh, Bani Das, Sikha Sarkar,
Ashis Das, Pintu Das, Bikash Kali Ghosh, Triguna Shankar
Partha Pratim Das

Credits: 
Play : Jyotishman Chattopadhay
Set & Costume : Sandip Suman Bhattacharya
Light : Badal Das
Music : Murari Roychowdhury
Make Up : Tapan Chakroborty
Sound : Himangsu Pal
Set Making : Madan Halder
Production Control & Lettering: Pintu Das

Direction : Bimal Chakraborty

First Show Held : August 29, 2013, 6.30 PM Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata,
Duration of Play : 2 Hrs 5 Mins (With an interval of 10 Mins.)

Contact : 
Prakash Bhattacharya : 9830254562
Triguna Shankar : 9830616967