The devotees got a glimpse of 'jatra pala' (Bengali opera) amidst cacophony at the pandal of Kashi Durgotsav Samiti at Maharaja Chet Singh Fort on Saturday night. Bengali actress Sayantika was the ...

The fortnight-long “Theatre Festival on the Liberation War” featured diverse forms and different approaches of theatrical presentation. To highlight the theme of the glorious past, traditional forms, ...

Many art forms of the rural areas of Bangladesh are on the verge of extinction. We often talk about the rural artistes in seminars or symposiums, but do we really care for those who put in efforts to ...

Jatra or travelling theatre, as one knows, is a form where theatre artists travel from village to village and perform to large audiences who would gather together on a field where a temporary wooden ...

What’s in a name? A lot, to go by the experience of a jatra troupe. Sovabazar-based Natta Company, which has been regaling audiences across Bengal for more than a century, has become the target of ...