Swapnasandhani (

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: ) is a Bengali theater group from

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. The group was founded on 29 May 1992. Swapnasandhani has been marked by the acting and direction of

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 ...

Performance

From 2006, Swapnasandhani began performing on a regular basis at the

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every Saturday. This eliminated their need to wait in queue for free slots at the major theatres like the

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, Madhusudan Mancha etc.

Major productions

Since the establishment of the team in 1992, Swapnasandhani has staged 30 full-length plays and 14 short ones. Some of those are: *Prothom Partha (1996) *Tiktiki *Jodubongsho *Akhipallab *Prachya *Ajke Aamar Chhuti *Bhalo Rakshosher Golpo (2005) *Banku Babur Bandhu (2006) *Daakghar (2006) *Malyaban (2006) *Suprobhat (2006) *Dakghor (2007) *Hargoj (2008) based on a work of

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i writer Selim Al-Deen *Bhoy (2009) *Darjiparar Marjinara (2009) written by

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, travels through the squalid rooms and alleys of Calcutta’s biggest red-light district Sonagachhi. *Birpurush (2010) *Macbeth (2012) Bengali theatre based on

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's play

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. *Thana Theke Aschi (2013) *Karkatkrantir Desh (2014) *Nirbhaya (2016) *Ashwatthama (2017) *Taraye Taraye (2018) *Ekla Chawlo Reh (2019) *Ardhek Manush (2020) *Kabir Bondhura (2021) *Hamlet (2022)

Celebrity appearance

*Bengali film and television actress

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has acted with Swapnasandhani in the theatre ''Suprabhat'', which was based on a novel of

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. *Actress

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acted in the theatre "Notir Pujo", which has been successful. *Television stars Debdut Ghosh and

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have acted in "Shei Sumouli" *Actor

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has acted in theatre ''Darjiparar Marjinara'', written by

. *Veteran Theatre actors Debshankar Halder , Ashoke Mukhopadhyay and Surajit Bandopadhyay acted in 2019's new play Ekla Chawlo Reh.

Key people

Chitra Sen Chitra Sen is an Indian actress and dancer who works in Bengali language films and television series. She has worked mainly in theatres, but she has also worked in films and on television. She started her career under Jnyanesh Mukhopadhyay. She ...

*Reshmi Sen *Ditipriya Sarkar *Rabindranath Jana *

Riddhi Sen Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films. He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani and is an alumnus of South Point school, Kolkata. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his schoo ...

*Monalisa Pal *

Surangana Bandyopadhyay Surangana Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: সুরঙ্গনা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়; born 18 November 1997) is an Indian actress and singer who primarily known for Bengali films and web series. Early life and education Sh ...

References

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