Kolkata Centre for Creativity presents Bechara BB, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay, in collaboration with Chetana and Tritiyo Sutra. This play, born out of an intensive month-long preparation at KCC, is designed with fragments of plays by one of the most celebrated German playwrights and philosophers, Bertolt Brecht, and reflects the essence of Brecht's life, ideas, and philosophy.

About the Director:

Suman Mukhopadhyay is one of India’s leading theatre directors and has done productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of Bengali masterpieces and productions of Indian plays. His major plays are Teesta Paarer Brittanto, Mephisto, Bisarjan and King Lear. Suman has also directed eight full-length feature films including Nazarband (2020); Asamapta (2017); and Herbert (2005) which won the National Award for Best Regional Film that year. He participated and won awards in various national and international theatre and film festivals including Busan, Montreal, Dubai, Munich, San Francisco, Seattle, and Kerala etc. Suman has also made several documentaries, TV series, short films and cine-plays. He was conferred with an award from Motion Picture Association and Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Brisbane in 2017. His latest films Nazarband (Captive) had its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival and Posham Pa won an award in Female Filmmakers Festival, Berlin in 2020. Suman taught and directed plays at UC Berkeley, University of Toledo, Kalamazoo College and Barnard College in the USA. He recently finished working with Columbia University, New York on a Fulbright fellowship.