Bengali Play

Neel Piriter Ful

Synopsis

Lausen the king of Mainagarh returns after conquering the kingdom of Kangoor. He will marry Kalinga, the princes of Kangoor. The festival is going on in Mainagarh. At this time Jalpai came and complained to the king in the name of his daughter Bahamoni. Father Jalpai wants to marry his daughter Bahamoni to Lalchand. But Bahamoni wants to get married to Bankachand. The king instructed that if you do not get married as promised by your father, you will have to spend your whole life without getting married. Bankachand fled to Dhekurgarh the kingdom of King Ichai Ghosh with Bahamoni. Lalchand goes after them to find them. Fulmoni also comes behind Lalchand. Lalchand used to live well with Fulmoni. Fulmoni’s hope is that Lalchand will come back to Bahamoni again. Then she will marry him. A group of people from Mainagarh decided that they would take a turn at the king’s wedding and that they would go to the forest to practice their drama, so that no one would know.

In the forest between Mainagarh and Dekhurgarh live Khelaram Baba, Ekanore, Bhulo, Kanpisi, Nishi, Barul and their companions. Khelaram Baba is having a quarrel with his wife Ekanore and in this forest somehow blue flowers bloom. This flower is called the flower of love. Playing with these flowers, Khelaram baba plans to size Ekanore. It was at this time that the group of Lalchand. Fulmoni, Bankachand, Bahamoni and the drama performers came here one by one. All of them lost their way in the forest due to forgetfulness. After forgetting, various things happen in the forest all night long. Playing one by one, Khelaram baba fixes everything again. It can be seen at the end of the Mid Summer night and there is no quarrel between Khelaram baba and Ekanore. Forgetting Bahamoni, Lalchand returned to Fulmoni. The quarrel between Bahamoni and Lalchand and the crooked moon is no more. They became friends. The donkey that had become a part of drama group also returned to Mainagarh from donkey to man. Everybody thought they had a sweet, romantic dream at night. At dawn they were seen in the forest by King Ichai Ghosh of Dekhurgarh. Ichai listened to everything and arranged for them to be sent back to Mainagarh. Everyone returned to Mainagarh on the day of Lausen’s wedding. Lausen is happy to know everything. Lausen took the punishment for Bahamoni. Everyone was overjoyed.

Cast & Crew

An adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Script/ Design/ Direction- Kallol Bhattacharyya
Light Design- Bablu Sarkar
Music Design- Suvadeep Guha
Production Assistant- Priyabrata Saha, Uday Bauri.

On Stage
Khelaram Baba– Sufi Morsadul Arafin
Ekanore– Tanushri Bhattacharyya
Bhulo– Titir Mukherjee
Kanpisi– Suchismita Bhattacharyya
Barul– Papia Sarkar
Nishi– Pallabi Bauri
Lalchand– Rahul Chatterjee
Bankachand– Tapas Bauri
Fulmoni– Sohini Karmakar
Bahamoni– Mrittika Dhawa
Jalpai– Bapi Bauri
Kalochini– Mithun Sarkar
Barui– Md. Bishal
Bagal– Chanchal Bagdi
Mander– Manik Bauri
Matal– Banamali Bauri
Mahali– Radhaballabh Bauri
Lausen– Tapas Chatterjee
Ichai– Basudev Goswami

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