''Bisarjan'' is a 2012
Bengali
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drama directed by
Suman Mukhopadhyay
Suman Mukhopadhyay (), or Suman Mukherjee (born 20 November 1966) is an Indian film director.His popular films are Herbert (film), Kangal Malsat, Shesher Kobita (2014).
Career
Suman Mukhopadhyay's recently completed feature film "Putulnacher ...
. The play is based on
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...
'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 (born 9 December 1963) is an Indian theatre and film actor from Kolkata. He has appeared in more than 50 theatrical productions since 1981 across various troupes, and is the recipient of several accolades including a ''State Aw ...
as Raghupati
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Kaushik Sen
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best ...
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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