দল-নাটিকা

MA 3rd Semester examination 2019 in JMC
New Media Practical
JMC 304CC Part-B (Computer)
DATE – 10.01.2020
Roll – C92/JMC/181014


Origin

In the history of Indian politics, political mobilization had influenced a shift in art and culture. The first such moment occurred in the 1930s and 1940s which led to greater radicalization of the struggle for freedom. It saw the simultaneous formation of Progressive Writers Association (1936) and Indian People’s Theatre Association.

The Indian Progressive Writers Association was actually established in London by the expatriate Indian students who were inspired by the setting up of Anti-fascist Writers’ and Writers’ Association.

Group Theatres of Bengal

Bengal is considered to has a strong culture for group theatres. As opposed to commercial theatres, group theatres is not commercial, characterized by its tendency for experimenting theme, content and production.

The play Nabanna in 1944 is said to be the birth of group theatres in Kolkata. Nabanna was written by Bijon Bhattacharya, who also co-directed it with Sambhu Mitra. They were both active members of the IPTA.

The drama Nabanna portrayed a group of peasants as victim of the famine. The peasants had to leave their village due to famine, and they traveled to Kolkata with the hope for survival in the big city. However, they faced a series of crises and eventually got “…reduced to the most abject acknowledge poverty in Kolkata, where they develop a political awareness of their suffering”. Another production of IPTA was Jobanbondi.

                   Bijan Bhattacharya