''Bisarjan'' is a 2012
Bengali
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drama directed by
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay ( bn, সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়; born 20 November 1966) is an Indian film director.His popular films are Herbert (film), Kangal Malsat, Shesher Kobita (2014).
Career
Suman Mukhopadhyay is currently v ...
. The play is based on
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
's ''Bisarjan'' (1890).
Plot
Tagore's work was on how humans lost out their paradise trying to satisfy a god who wanted for animal sacrifice. Mukhopadhyay, in this play, has interpreted the theme of sacrifice at various levels.
It is a story based around goddess Kali and how the King believes she does not want animal sacrifice. The priest, on the other hand, believes he is considering the goddess a subject of his court that he can control.
Cast
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Goutam Halder
Goutam Halder is an Indian theatre actor and director from Kolkata. He has a graduate degree from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary (V.C.) College, Rahara.
Theater career
Goutam Halder was a member of the theatre group Nandikar and perf ...
as Raghupati
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Kaushik Sen
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perfor ...
as Jaisingh– Raghupati's foster son and disciple
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Biplab Bandopadhyay as King
Gobindamanikya
* Turna Das as Aparna
* Mishka Halim as Rani Gunabati
References
2012 plays
Bengali-language plays
Indian plays
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