Kolkata has not proved to be the City of Joy for 23-year-old Teesta Guha Sarkar. “Of all cities I’ve lived in, this has the largest number of frustrated pervert men,” […]
Memorable festivities
Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy list their top five Jagadhatri Pujas in Chandannagar There wasn’t a drop of tear in their eyes nor were they looking sad as the […]
Salute to Sukumar Ray
Earlier this month, Nandipot recreated the hilarious world of Sukumar Ray through their drama, Cawh, at Girish Mancha. Loosely based on Ray’s immortal characters, Cawh proved to be a wonderful […]
Awesome South-East Asia
Arnab Nandy went the rounds in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and can’t wait for the next trip Yes, I was pretty excited! After all, this was my first international […]
Celebrating young talent
With participants from leading theatre groups of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kashmir and West Bengal, as well as troupes from Sweden and Bangladesh, Nandikar’s 24th Theatre Festival included laudable plays in […]
Lost in fairyland
Chandannagar’s Jagatdhatri Puja is famed across Bengal for its spectacular lighting and beautiful idols. Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy take us on a grand puja parikrama of this well-known festival […]
Movie montage – Mr Bean’s Holiday
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willam Dafoe, Max Baldry Direction: Steve Bendelack Bean’s the best The first film had quite a few shortcomings, the chief of them being […]
Theatre at its best
Theatre is losing its charisma for the present generation. Most youngsters these days prefer movies to theatre. If you cared to find out, you would find that a majority of […]
Theatrical extravaganza
Voices Coordinators share their experience of the recently concluded Nandikar’s 23rd National Theatre Festival Furruth: Group-Blank Verse. Though the target audience is basically children, the play is based on Upendrakishore […]
Movie montage – Dhoom 2
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aishwariya Rai, Bipasha Basu Music: Pritam Direction: Sanjay Gadhvi Super Thief & Super Cop Lots of amazing stunts, some super-cool mobikes and […]