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

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

Key people

* Chitra Sen *

*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 school ...

*Monalisa Pal * Surangana Bandyopadhyay

References

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