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This month's podcast features DHARMOTTHĀNAM.

Written by: Shatrupa Bhattacharyya

Originally written in Bengali

Reading in Hindi | Duration - 90 mins

Synopsis of the Play:

It is September 1946. Calcutta is still reeling from the horrific Hindu-Muslim riots that claimed the lives of thousands only four weeks ago. But, Durga Puja is around the corner. And Debobrata Bandopadhyay, a rising member of the Hindu Mahasabha, is inaugurating the Puja with a production of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Debi Chaudhurani.

As the five actors chosen for the production, meet over twelve days to rehearse this purportedly women-centric play, Parbati Chaudhury, playing Debi Chaudhurani, begins pointing out the Brahmanical patriarchy that underpins it. As she becomes more vocal about her critique with her cast-mates, she finds herself on a collision course with the director, Debabrata.

Cast

Deepal Doshi, Ketaki Kulkarni, Ajitesh Gupta

Nitin Gupta, Shilpa Varma, Gaurav Agarwal

Music

Created by: Shantanu Ghatak

Produced by: Rohit Das

Singers: Sharmishtha Chatterjee, Jahnvi Shrimankar

Instrumentalists: Flute - Ashwin Srinivasan, Banjo - Pritam Banerjee, Tabla - Ashish Ragwani

Series Director: Sukant Goel

Audio Mastered by: Varun Dhabe from The Media Tribe

Assistant Director: Nitin Gupta

Tech Support: Ganesh Sonawane

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