Volume-I, Issue-III, March 2025
Volume-I, Issue-III, January, 2025 |
বাস্তবের দর্পণে বীরভূমের গণনাট্য সংগঠন
(১৯৬৯ - ২০২০): উত্থান ও পরিণতি
ড. অঙ্কুশ দাস, স্বাধীন গবেষক, কলকাতা,
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 15.01.2025 | Accepted: 24.01.2025 | Published Online: 30.01.2025 | Page No: 563-575 |
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.1.issue.03W.044 | |||
In the Mirror of Reality: The People’s Theatre Organization of Birbhum
(1969–2020): Rise and Decline
Dr. Ankush Das, Independent Researcher, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
In Birbhum district, modern theatre practice was started at the beginning
of the last century at the hands of zamindars. Gradually, this new trend
emerged from the dead bodies of the district's folk theatre. Initially, the
control of this new theatrical genre was in the hands of the zamindars or the
rich. However, due to changing socio-economic conditions, within the next few
decades, this control started to shift to the hands of people from different
strata of society.
After
independence, district theatre practice started from adolescence to adulthood.
The growing influence of the Left movement during this period created a fertile
ground for Gananatya (IPTA—Indian People's Theatre Association) in the
district. As early as the sixties, the first Gananatya branch, 'Rupantar
Gosthi,' sprouted in Birbhum with a short life span.
After about
ten years, the tide of Gananatya Sangha came to Birbhum district. Many Birbhum branches and preparation
branches of the Gananyatya Sangha emerged one by one in the rural and urban
areas of the district. Although branches also died prematurely at various
times. Apart from the political influence, the changing social order of the
last century and the following decades has played an important role in creating
the context of this breakdown.
The Gananyatya Sangha's nearly forty-year
footprint remains in the theatre practice of the entire Birbhum district. In
this context, this separate article was written first on the beginning and
consequences reasons for Birbhum's Gananatya Sangha will give a clear idea. An
informative discussion of the political influence on the district Gananatya
also reflects the West Bengal Gananatya Sangh. | ||
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